“When someone tries to provoke you, don’t be provoked. When someone isn’t even trying to provoke you, but you feel provoked anyway, don’t be provoked. When your opponents are trying to…

A group of Costco shareholders, likely emboldened by the Supreme Court’s continued assault on the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment, called on the company’s board to “conduct an…

Today is Elysha's birthday! She's my wife, if you didn't know. I'm honestly still astounded — at least from time to time — that she's my wife. When I met…

Last night, I pulled off a surprise birthday party for Elysha at Peppercorn's in downtown Hartford. Everything was remarkably, unbelievably perfect. After months of planning, subterfuge, and worry, the surprise…

Utah is seeing a brisk business for models with long hair and a beard who can passably pull off a Jesus look for family portraits and wedding announcements for couples…

Writer Karen Attiah recently wrote about the pleasure of perusing other people’s personal libraries and then asked her followers about their “personal foundational texts." — books that have impacted their lives.…

At the beginning of every year, I establish a list of goals (or New Year’s resolutions) for the coming calendar year. I post this list on my blog and social…

At the end of each month, and now at the end of the year, I report on the progress of my New Year's resolutions (or lack thereof). This is my…

Animator and filmmaker Don Hertzfeldt on the difference between crate digging & streaming from a recent interview: Not to sound like a curmudgeon, but when I was a teenager, I…

The family and I went to see "A Christmas Carol" at the Hartford Stage on the day after Christmas. The timing was ideal. I highly recommend it. During intermission, I…