The seemingly impossible happened: I found a meat that I do not like: Boar I ordered a pasta dish with a boar ragu, and I did not like the boar…

At one of the many middle school concerts that Elysha and I attended last year, I (and presumably many others) noticed a female student and performer onstage wearing a black…

I was recently arguing via text message with my friend Jeni. We argue in real life, too, but when we're apart, texting is a great way to annoy each other.…

It was the best of times. It was the worst of times. Elysha, Clara, Charlie, and I were aboard an airplane heading to Washington, DC. Charlie had been talking about…

I had never heard of an eggcorn until I saw this video, but I found the topic fascinating. I think you will, too. An eggcorn is a  word or phrase…

Back in 2008, I wrote the following screed against the movement from two spaces after a sentence to just one. The two-space rule was a fossil of a time when…

Elysha and I are celebrating our 17th wedding anniversary today. As I have often said, it feels like we were married yesterday. It probably feels a little more like 17…

A birdhouse is a lovely thing. A birdhouse with a bird inside, staring out at the world, is a magical thing.

A new study of three supermarkets in Sweden found that on weekdays, customers spent an average of $23.31 per person when music played in the supermarkets compared to $14.96 per…

Texas passed a law that will eliminate mandatory water breaks for construction workers in cities where the local government had enacted such ordinances to protect people from extreme heat. Texas…