Richard Marx is a hero. Chachi is not.
Remember Richard Marx? The Grammy award winning, multi-platinum pop star from the late 1980's and early 1990's? He's still making music today. Also writing a memoir that publishes this summer.…
“You can’t expect novel results without novel behavior.”
"You can't expect novel results without novel behavior." Pretty good. Right? It's not mine, but I love it. It's the the philosophy of every single cell in my body. The…
The value of unsolicited advice
An actual conversation I had with someone recently: ME: It makes me crazy when I offer someone some logical, effective, proven advice, solicited advice, even, but they just aren't open…
Gen X doesn’t care
This piece on Generation X by Courtney Dabney got a lot of attention early in the pandemic, and with the anniversary of the pandemic now upon us, it's been popping…
How you spend every day is how you spend your life.
Curious about how you'll view the breadth and depth of your life when you're much older and looking back? Wondering how satisfied you'll feel with they way you spent 2021…
Charlie’s first “Letter to the Editor”
As a blogger, an advice columnist for Slate magazine, and the humor columnist for Seasons magazine, I get my fair share of reader mail. Much of it arrives digitally in…
Stories = friends
I received an email at 9:15 AM on Sunday morning that read: Hi Matthew! I’m sorry, I’m running 5 minutes late (traffic in Paris...) Thanks and apologies! Since the pandemic…
Strange musical times
Earlier this year, my student's vocal music teacher taught remotely from her home via Smartboard while quarantined. It was the only time she was actually allowed to sing this year,…
I stood on the shoulders of giants
I received my COVID-19 vaccine yesterday. As a teacher in Connecticut, the vaccines became available to me on March 1. Our school district quickly established a vaccination center in the…
History with exes
Earlier this week, Elysha posted this on Facebook: "Our children just discovered that Matt and I dated other people before dating each other and they are STUNNED." Charlie was especially…
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