Why you should not complain about the common core
Occasionally I will meet an adult who has somehow been convinced that America’s “common core” curriculum is rubbish. They look at the way that their child is solving a math…
Physics and philosophy at bedtime
Before bed last night , Charlie, age 6 asks:“When the Big Bang reverses and the universe compresses into a tiny dot again and then we have another Big Bang, will…
Adults here sucked
A youth hockey game in Canada between the Kitchener Jr. Rangers Red and the Cambridge Hawks Red in October of last year ended in a score of 41-0. This means…
19 Things I Heart: 2019
I’m an author whose next novel, which hits shelves on October 15, is written entirely in lists. List after list after list which tells the story of a man and…
A man of many sexual exploits. Apparently. Maybe.
Happily, I have a thick skin. As an author of several books and a person who writes on the Internet in a variety of contexts, I receive a lot of…
19 Things I Heart (2015)
Exactly four years ago, I posted a list of 19 things I was loving at the time.As a novelist who has written an entire novel in lists (preorder here), it’s…
Speak Up Storytelling: Tom Ouimet
On episode #41 of the Speak Up Storytelling podcast, Matthew and Elysha Dicks talk storytelling!In our followup segment, we congratulate friend of the podcast Robin Gelfenbien on her recent (and…
Most of us rejoice. A bunch of old, white bigots do not.
Have you heard? National Women’s Soccer League stars Ali Krieger and Ashlyn Harris are engaged to be married, the couple announced last week. The romance between the athletes began nearly…
The middle finger is just a finger
Good news!By unanimous decision, a federal appeals court in Michigan last week upheld an American’s unalienable right to extend her middle finger. A Michigan woman gave the middle finger to…
Losers lose. I am happy.
As Captain Marvel enters its second weekend at the box office, it’s important to note that: It had a spectacular opening weekend, pulling in $153 million in North America and $455 million…
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