Avoid writer’s block
Insight from one of my students: The best thing about telling true stories about your life is that you never get writer's block because you already know everything that happened.…
Captain Obvious
US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy believes 13 is too young for children to be on social media platforms. Even though sites like Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook allow children of that…
Fuku Fuku
I want to go on the record as saying that when I was in fifth grade, it would've been impossible for me not to intentionally read this title wrong again…
What a wonderful world?
In a scene in the second season of The White Lotus, two characters are talking about the state of the world. Fear not... no spoilers. One character, a woman named…
Not even close to a fair fight
This video shows Jon Stewart skewering Oklahoma State Senator Nathan Dahm in a debate about gun laws in America. I was looking forward to watching the debate, but quite honestly,…
Four rules of a successful meeting (and more!)
Several companies have recently begun taking deliberate steps to slash the number of meetings they force their employees to attend. Huzzah! Shopify made superfluous meetings enemy number one, and the…
5 Lessons from Delivering 10 TEDx Talks
After delivering 10 TEDx Talks over the last decade, I created a workbook listing and describing five lessons I've learned. It's not a full and complete instructional guide on writing…
Kathy Fish and collective nouns
I'm a big fan of collective nouns. A crash of rhinos. A murder of crows. A stand of flamingos. A conspiracy of ravens. A prickle of porcupines. Years ago, I…
Time’s 100 Best Books of All Time
I don't do this very often, but I'm adding something to my yearly goals. I have a whopping 49 goals already for 2023, but this is a good one: Time…
Stick shifts going the way of the dinosaurs
Manual transmissions are apparently going extinct. There are a few last-ditch holdouts keeping the stick shift alive, but almost all are sports cars, including the Porsche 911 GT3, Subaru BRZ,…
