Bored people are boring
I've heard a lot of people talk about the value of learning to be bored. Kids, they say, need to learn to be bored from time to time. I don't…
Online critics got you down? I have the solution.
Paul Theroux on criticism: "In the short run, criticism seems to have merit; in the end, criticism is useless—a good book has a long life in spite of anything said…
Charlie’s first Patriots game!
I took Charlie to his first Patriots game on Sunday. I had brought him to preseason games before, but this was the first regular season game that he attended. Also,…
Laura Dern’s “I told you so.”
Laura Dern — Academy Award, Emmy Award, BAFTA Award, and Golden Globe Award winner — was forced to drop out of UCLA film school at age 17 after being offered…
Every moment can’t be a parade
Elysha sent this to me. It made me laugh aloud. It also worries me. I encounter people who seem to expect every moment of life to be deep, meaningful, and…
Childhood hobbies return
Writer (and now singer) Marian Schembari writes about the joy of returning to your childhood hobbies. Schembari was having a hard time remembering what joy felt like, so she returned…
Entitlement stunts growth and produces yucky people
Thanks to privilege and entitlement, those born near or at the finish line often fail to understand how challenging getting there can be. They'll never know the feeling of standing…
My Eagle Scout service project — I’ve decided to complete it.
Back in 1988, I was in the midst of completing my service project — the final step in becoming an Eagle Scout – when I went through a windshield during…
Shortcomings and Flaws 2024
More than a decade ago, a reader accused me of being materialistic after I wrote about my lack of a favorite number. The reader specifically criticized me for saying that…
Charlie asks good questions
Charlie was reading a book about the wonders of the world: Pyramids. Great Wall of China. Stonehenge. The Great Barrier Reef. Taj Mahal. He asked, “Why doesn’t our country have…
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