The best birthday gift for a teacher might surprise you
Here's one of the beauties of being a teacher.Last night I had the opportunity to perform at the Cutler Majestic Theater in Boston as a part of The Moth's GrandSLAM…
It’s time to end the hopes and prayers.
I became a teacher in 1999. This was the same year as the Columbine shooting, so I've spent my entire career in the shadow of gun violence in America's schools. Every…
One of life’s most important skills
One of life's most important skills is writing a nasty, angry email, letting it sit for a minute, then deleting it and moving on.
Things I Do #10: I don’t look at airline pilots
I don’t look at the pilot when boarding a plane. I'm terrified of looking into the cockpit and seeing a pilot who looks like an idiot or resembles someone who…
A reasonable response to anti-vaxxers
There will come a day when our children or our children's children will read about the anti-vaxxer movement and say, "What was wrong with you morons?"I will say, "In the…
Chuck Todd’s litany of vile and shameful events is worth watching
The shame, embarrassment, incompetence, and cruelty that Trump and his White House produces on a daily basis makes is hard to remember all of the horrors of the past year.…
Moth StorySLAM: Clara Wants a Sister
This summer I took about 30 young ladies from Miss Porter's School to a Moth StorySLAM in Somerville, MA as part of a weeklong program on writing and storytelling. It was…
My wife and kids slow me down. Gloriously so.
I loved this dedication by Joseph J. Rotman. While it may seem like he's throwing some shade at his family, I suspect not. 2017 was an exceptionally busy time for…
Walking a paper route with a friend taught me an invaluable lesson.
I'm admittedly hyper-focused on productivity. "How can I do more in less time?" has been a flashing beacon in my mind for a long, long time. As far back as I…
My kids first paying gig and my first paying gig were very, very different
My first paying gig, as far as I can recall, was in 1991 when I performed as the stripper for a bachelorette party in the crew room of a McDonald's…
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