I lost The Moth GrandSLAM on Tuesday night. This is how I feel about losing.
On Tuesday night, I competed in a Moth GrandSLAM at the Cutler Majestic in Boston. It was my 25th GrandSLAM championship since 2011, but no matter how many of these…
My students are ruining my chances at greatness
A 2017 study found that working near people who are good at their job makes you more effective at yours. Sitting within 25 feet of a high performer at work improved…
Spring! Then murder.
Spring has sprung! Every March this tiny patch of crocuses bloom in our front yard. It's the first sign that winter is finally in the rearview mirror and warm and…
Speak Up Storytelling: Ted Zablotsky
On episode #42 of the Speak Up Storytelling podcast, Elysha Dicks and I talk storytelling!In our followup segment, we read a heartwarming email from a listener about Homework for Life and…
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…
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