A moment of honest-to-goodness terror
Clara, my nine year-old daughter, early this morning:"Dad, I'm kind of upset. I don't have any..."Then she took a sip of milk, leaving me hanging for a moment, waiting for the…
Worst decisions ever #1: My SportsCenter hat
I thought it might be fun to occasionally reveal some of the worst decisions of my life. Humiliation. Always fun. Here's one:This purple SportCenter hat, which I purchased while on a tour…
My daughter meets Chelsea Clinton.
These are photographs of our little girl asking Chelsea Clinton a question about Malala at a lecture at Central Connecticut State University yesterday.“Best day ever!” she shouted.Maybe not best day…
Why I’m obsessed with that traffic video
Two weeks ago, I wrote about my obsession with this traffic video.I'm still a little obsessed, and I know that seems weird. I thought it was weird, too, but then…
BOOK LAUNCH PARTY! SAVE THE DATE!
Join internationally bestselling author and 36-time Moth StorySLAM and 5-time GrandSLAM champion Matthew Dicks for the launch of his first non-fiction title:Storyworthy: Engage, Teach, Persuade, and Change Your Life through…
Kids say funny (and not so funny) things
In the playscape at McDonald's, Clara is playing with two little girls and having a grand old time. At the height of their joy, the father of the two girls…
Try something new. Again and again and again.
My wife, Elysha, is learning to play the ukulele. Her remarkable and handsome husband gave her a ukulele and lessons for Christmas, and ever since December, she has practiced and…
Evangelicals hate. Jesus would love.
Evangelicals would disagree, but this is exactly the kind of church that Jesus would love if he were here on Earth.I'm not a religious person. I describe myself as a…
Going nowhere
The woman sitting beside me on a plane bound for Toronto fell asleep as we taxied out onto the runway. We were tenth in line to takeoff, so we were…
Good news/bad news on the exoneration front
Good news: Lawrence McKinney, 61, jailed for 31 years for a crime he did not commit - rape and burglary - has been awarded one million dollars in compensation from the state…
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