“Begs the question” brings joy to my heart. Rarely.
That moment when someone uses "begs the question" correctly and you feel like there is still hope for this world and you've found your people.
That moment when someone uses "begs the question" correctly and you feel like there is still hope for this world and you've found your people.
Bob Hoover, aviation legend, died in October of last year. The New York Times published an obituary on the great man, which required the single greatest correction of all time. This…
If you replace the phrase “Americans think” with “Americans with landlines who answer unsolicited phone calls at dinnertime think” the world begins to make a lot more sense.
One of our Speak Up storytelling shows earlier in the year featured four former storytelling workshop students who have gone on to tell stories at Moth StorySLAMs in New York,…
A rule I live by:If someone is breaking a rule, and the breaking of that rule hurts no one, always leave the rule breaker alone. Leave them be. Don't rat…
On Wednesday night, Toronto Blue Jays Jose Bautista flipped his bat at home plate before rounding the bases after hitting a home run. Flipped his bat. Tossed it into the air…
In March of last year, I told this story at the Brooklyn Academy of Music about an armed robbery that I experienced in 1993. It was the hardest story I've…
My Aunt Diane passed away yesterday. A sudden and unexpected loss. Diane—sister to my father—was one of seven children who once lived on a sprawling piece of land in Blackstone,…
My Aunt Diane passed away yesterday. A sudden and unexpected loss.Diane - sister to my father - was one of seven children who once lived on a sprawling piece of…