Wardrobe malfunction
Charlie: Dad, you took off my pajamas, and then you put on other pajamas.Me: Those are pajamas?Charlie: Where's Mom?
Great first sentences (and an analysis of the first sentences of my own novels)
I have no definitive favorite first line of a novel, though I am partial to the first line of Slaughterhouse Five:"All this happened, more or less."Also, Fahrenheit 451: "It was a…
“Yeah, but…”
I despise these two words. It's not that I don't say them, but when I hear myself saying them, I despise myself. I remind myself of how stupid I sound. I'll…
Quite possibly Bruce Springsteen’s most brilliant and perfect observation ever
Bruce Springsteen on Fresh Air: “Most people’s stage personas are created out of the flotsam and jetsam of their internal geography. They’re trying to create something that solves a series…
Unfair assumption #27: People who object to mothers breast-feeding in public are freakish, worthless prudes and more
It's crazy that some people - mostly men - object to women breastfeeding in public.Some of these people are downright despicable about it, making passive-aggressive comments to these mothers or aggressively…
This Playmobil bicycle helmet does not appeal to me, and for good reason.
Two or three years ago, this prototype of a bike helmet would have meant nothing to me. I didn't grow up with Playmobil toys. I wouldn't have even recognized this…
How Poor Were You?
I spent last weekend in the company of Elysha's 94 year-old grandmother. We call her Nana, and I always love speaking to her. In the midst of our chat, I…
Unfair assumption #26: Adults who drink milk are lunatics
There's nothing wrong with an adult drinking white milk.Nothing at all. Truly.Still, it just seems so wrong to me. Insanity, really.
Sometimes a job is more than a job.
I have been teaching at the same elementary school in West Hartford, CT since the fall of 1999. The way that this school and its people have become intertwined in…
This is more important than selling shoes and books.
I have a friend who approached me a couple weeks ago and said, "Do you know why Michael Jordan never endorses political candidates? Because Democrats and Republicans both buy shoes."He…
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