Archive for June 2023

A young person asked, “Can I have a juice box, please?” The adult answered, “May I have one of those juice boxes, please?” The chastened young person then repeated the adult’s response, replacing their “can” with the adult’s overemphasized “may.” Only then did the child receive their juice box. My impression of the moment –…

A handful of times over the course of Father’s Day, Clara asked about her and Charlie’s first Father’s Days. “What did we do?” “What were they like?” Happily, I wrote about each one, of course, on Greetings Little One, a blog where I wrote to my children every day for the first eight years of…

I know there is a lot of concern about drag queens these days and their negative influence on the young. Not from everyone, of course. Mostly just the dummies and the monsters. But in light of this concern, I’d like to remind people: Thousands of priests, including an Ohio priest accused last month of sex…

A week ago, I wrote about a time in 1990 when I was naked onstage while under hypnosis. The post was written after someone sent me information on a naked stand-up show in New York City, which caused me to reflect on a time a few years ago when I was invited to perform in…

A red letter day for our family on Tuesday. Clara’s middle school promotion ceremony was beautiful. She and her select group of acapella singers opened the event by singing the national anthem, and about half an hour later, she received her certificate of promotion from middle school. We also knew that Clara would receive an…

This year’s fifth-grade field day featured a water balloon toss. For a couple of students, it became an opportunity to throw a water balloon at their teacher, which was fine. A water balloon toss is like the ugly stepsister to a water balloon battle. But things got a lot more interesting after lunch, when I…

I’m thrilled to announce that my most recent book, Someday Is Today: 22 Simple, Actionable Ways to Propel Your Creative Life, has won the Nautilus Award’s gold medal in the category “Creativity and Innovation.” I know what you’re thinking: What is a Nautilus Award? When my editor alerted me about this honor, I wondered the…

Three people broke into a shoe shop in Huancayo, Peru, last month and made off with 200 sneakers — but sadly for them, the shoes were all right-footed only. The shoes were worth $13,400, though how they plan to convert right-footed shoes into cash is unknown. I understand this predicament all too well because I…

Here’s some news to me: The PGA Tour is a nonprofit, meaning, of course, that it does not pay taxes. Even though it ended 2021 with $4.5 billion in assets and $3.3 billion in liabilities, it’s a nonprofit. Despite employing over 1,000 employees, 13 of whom are paid over a million dollars a year, it’s…

CNN reports, “Starbucks is going full steam ahead with its controversial line of olive oil-infused coffee drinks, expanding one of its biggest new product launches in years to many more states and cities.” For the record, a product that may or may not taste good should not be labeled as “controversial” if no one makes…