The magic of film on film
The Showtime series Kidding (which I have not watched) did something quite amazing:One continuous, panoramic, uncut shot that shows the compressed transformation of a character and a space over the course of…
The curtain raised on peeing with girls
I was at a Moth StorySLAM in Cambridge last week and I found myself in a gender-neutral restroom, which I have used many, many times. Men and women peeing in…
Batman is depressed. Also, you are bad or good depending on how you eat your lunch.
One of the great benefits of teaching is the conversations that you have with children.A child at recess today showed me her “secret hideout” for drawing pictures.“Only villains have secret…
The worst part of the Christmas season
Every year, it’s the same annoying thing: Sometime before Halloween or perhaps just after, Christmas decorations begin to appear in the stores. Lights and baubles and candy canes are placed…
These folks get it.
I’m always heartened when I see church signs like this given the fact that about 80 percent of Evangelicals and more than half of Catholics still support the Trump Presidency.…
A Patriots fan becomes an honest-to-goodness Patriot, and I’ll never forget it.
It’s rare when you actually get to witness the straw that breaks the camel’s back, but a few weeks ago, I witness just such a straw-and-back situation while sitting in…
Speak Up Storytelling: Kathy Binder
On episode #27 of the Speak Up Storytelling podcast, Matthew and Elysha Dicks talk storytelling alongside storyteller Kathy Binder. In our followup segment, we talk about upcoming Speak Up events, respond…
Be happy for others, damn it.
Years ago, before the kids were born, Elysha and I went to the movies.We’ve gone to the movies since the kids were born, of course, despite warnings from those rotten…
Resolution update: November 2018
PERSONAL HEALTH1. Don’t die.My left ear has been filled with fluid since a plane flight two weeks ago. My doc says it should clear in another week of so, and…
Changing minds. Occasionally.
I make a lot of arguments in writing, both on my blog, via social media, in the magazine columns I write, and in the occasional newspaper pieces that I publish.…
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