More than a decade ago, a reader accused me of being materialistic after I wrote about my lack of a favorite number, specifically criticizing me for saying that when it…

While on vacation in San Fransisco, I taught Charlie how to play setback. Also known as pitch or high-low-jack. Not surprisingly, he took to the game as quickly as he…

Kansas resident Lee Wilson planted 80 acres of sunflowers as a 50th-anniversary gift for his wife. A total of 1.2 million sunflowers. He did all of this without his wife's…

While visiting Alcatraz, we took an audio tour around the prison, narrated by former correctional officers and inmates. At the beginning of the audio tour, it was made explicitly clear…

I received a text message from my friend, Heather, yesterday. "Have you listened to this yet?" she asked and attached a link to "Perhaps," the new Guns N' Roses song.…

Clara performed in the Great Hartford Story Slam last month. Her story wasn't scored because two of the three judges were her parents, but here's the thing: She didn't tell…

During our recent west coast vacation, I played golf with my friend, Plato, at his country club on Whidbey Island. A total of 45 holes over three days. Plato warned…

I'm walking through the Minneapolis - St. Paul airport. I walk past a restaurant playing music loudly enough to filter into the concourse. It's 10:30 in the morning, so it's…

Breakfast cheeseburger? Where have you been all my life?

Elysha has said that the best stories I tell are "Laugh Laugh Laugh Cry." Many of my stories fall into this formula, meaning: I tell an amusing and sometimes hilarious…