People don’t like you because you complain all the time.
People don't like people who complain all the time. I explained this to my students after hiking The Freedom Trail in Boston with them. "I was so proud of you," I…
Resolution update: May 2018
PERSONAL HEALTH1. Don’t die.Heart attack scare turned pulled chest muscle only proved (after many tests) that my heart is super healthy. And yesterday's cardiologist follow-up confirmed it. 2. Lose 20 pounds.Two…
Have some shame. Move out.
Perhaps you've heard about Michael Rotondo? He's the 30 year-old man who was recently sued by his parents in an effort to get him to move out of their home. His…
Charles Wallace Dicks: Age 6
My son, Charlie, turned six today.Six years ago (but it feels like 600 years ago), my little boy entered the world. At the time, I wrote extensively about his birth (as…
Quotation marks create a bizarre mystery
Fresh "Fudge" Tasting?"Fudge" placed in quotes?If it's not actually fudge that we are tasting, then what the hell is it?
Speak Up Storytelling #2: Michelle Sebastianelli
Episode #2 of our podcast Speak Up Storytelling is now ready for your listening pleasure. On this week's episode, we talk about finding and crafting stories in your everyday life using…
Be a satisficer.
I bought some new golf shoes last summer. I was walking through Golf Warehouse with my friend, Plato, when I came upon the shoe department. Sitting on the very front of…
Keyboard
I stepped away from my laptop mid-sentence to use the bathroom. When I returned, the cats were flanking my laptop, and this is what I found. Why do they always manage…
It’s not all about the sleep
Last night I had the pleasure of addressing the annual meeting of the Cambridge Health Alliance in Cambridge, MA as their featured speaker.After hearing my bio, I was asked how…
Morning conversation scares me.
First words from my daughter today:"Daddy, I noticed the word repair on a bottle next to your bed. Did you know that the r is an r- control syllable exception because…
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