Lest us not forget the real story of Christmas
It's a damn shame how racism, homophobia, xenophobia, and disregard for human life outside our borders keep getting in the way of the those God loving conservatives like Mike Pence…
I was a coward. I’m filled with regret.
Standing in line at a Moth StorySLAM in New York earlier this week, I found myself sandwiched between two young couples. The woman in front of me was listening to…
Penguins were mating at a little girl’s birthday party
My daughter Clara, age 8, was sitting at the neighbor's dining room table with about half a dozen other kids, eating a birthday cake that was originally shaped and frosted…
Trump isn’t fit to clean toilets
In response to Trump's tweet earlier this week about Senator Gillibrand: USA Today's Editorial Board wrote: “With his latest tweet, clearly implying that a United States senator would trade sexual…
Awful human being alert
It's hard to believe that someone could be as lacking in self awareness as the woman who wrote this letter to advice columnist Dear Prudence. How could anyone read this letter…
All I want for Christmas is a machine gun
Not really, of course, but damn do I love this sweater. For those of you who can't quite pick up on the reference, it's Die Hard, the greatest Christmas film…
When cowards hide behind digital walls and hurl grenades…
Someone did something rotten to me a few weeks ago.A person who I have never met but who performs in the same New York storytelling community as me, who knows…
Some mistakes are worse than others
We received this piece of mail to our home yesterday. The street address is almost correct.The town, province, and country are not.
I talked to a stranger every day for a month. Here is what happened.
One of my yearly goals was to select three behaviors that I am opposed to and adopt them for one week, then write about my experiences.Back in May, I prayed…
How I delivered an inspirational talk at a human trafficking conference (while knowing nothing about human trafficking)
I was speaking to some of my former storytelling students - children of Holocaust survivors who had gone through a workshop series with me that culminated in a storytelling performance.One…
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