Choosing my resolutions for 2021, with your help.
With two weeks left in 2020, it's time for me to plan my goals for 2021. It's a process I've been doing since 2010, and though I've only managed to…
Iron crotch kung fu is real. Unfortunately.
I'm constantly counseling people to say yes to every opportunity. Shut no doors. Be open to doing the things that scare you most. The hard thing and the right thing…
A was victimized by a story thief.
Here's a crazy thing that once happened to me: A person who I once worked with told a story about himself except the story wasn't about himself. It was a…
My wife’s campaign to bring back the high-five is stalled. But perhaps not permanently.
Elysha Dicks is a big fan of the high-five. At various points in the past, she has claimed to be attempting to "bring back the high-five." Not surprising, her efforts…
White, sexist bigot does what white, sexist bigots do.
Joseph Epstein argued in the Wall Street Journal that Jill Biden should not refer to herself as Dr. Jill Biden when she becomes First Lady. As crazy as it may…
Room to grow, McDonald’s.
Dear McDonalds: I love your Egg McMuffins, and I'm thrilled about the return of the McRib. Also, when I needed a job after being kicked out of my home following…
First night of Hanukkah was not a great night
Thursday night was the first night of Hanukkah. The menorah was lit. The first night of gifts had been opened. The children were vibrating with excitement. Vibrating too much, perhaps.…
Childhood dreams come true, I hope
I was reading Malcolm Gladwell’s New Yorker piece Dangerous Minds and came upon this paragraph dealing with how psychics can appear to be so accurate in so many of their statements: "The…
Turns out I like jangle
While writing this past weekend, I found myself in need of headphones and music. Between the kids and Elysha, the house had grown loud, and I needed to drone out…
I listened to Alice’s Restaurant before I died.
There are lots of reasons for my abject fear and loathing of death. Lots and lots of damn good reasons. Here's one: Alice's Restaurent, the 1967 song by singer-songwriter Arlo…
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