A dose of 1850’s racial politics to start my day
Five minutes ago, at 5:34 AM, my nine year-old daughter, Clara, walked down the stairs, sat beside me, and the first words out of her mouth were these:"Hey Daddy, I…
The old fashioned way of breaking up is the right way to break up
When I was a kid, you had to break up with your romantic companion in person. If I even suggested to my friends that I might break up with a…
I did a backbend. Now I can do anything.
I did the impossible this week. I did a backbend. Maybe you know me well and agree that this is impossible to imagine. Or perhaps you don't know me as…
Pain and fear and joy all wrapped up in a stone
Here's a game I used to play as a kid which strikes me as fairly stupid today:My friends and I would gather handfuls of stones, ideally a dozen or more…
I don’t see it.
I'm constantly told that Clara is the spitting image of Elysha. I don't see it. I've never seen it.People are always dumbfounded when I say this. But my explanation is simple:When…
Don’t be selfish. Tell a story.
I tell people to tell stories a lot. I know. It's my clarion call. But allow me to say it again. Last Wednesday night, I performed in The Moth GrandSLAM at the…
Resolution update: April 2018
PERSONAL HEALTH1. Don’t die.Healthy as could be. 2. Lose 20 pounds.Two more pounds lost in April, bringing my total to eight. 3. Eat at least three servings of fruits and/or vegetables per…
These people exist, and I can’t stand them.
There are few things I despise more than a person who attempts to use their authority, wealth, or privilege in order to procure unearned or undeserved favors or benefits, which is…
She’s studying volume.
I went to bed at 3:30 AM because Elysha went to bed early and didn't make me come to bed with her, so I stayed up all night writing and…
Writing is already hard enough without this.
I'm trying to complete the revisions of my next adult novel, and it seems like at every turn, someone is hell bent on slowing my progress. Last night, it was…
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