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…
Trump can’t be banned from Twitter, but then he shouldn’t be able to block me, either.
As you may know, the President has blocked me on Twitter. Shortly after I fired off three successive tweets at him this summer about his failure to produce his promised tax…
It hurts to ask sometimes.
You've heard the expression, "It never hurts to ask." Right?I'm here to report that this expression is nonsense. It hurts to ask.At least some of the time. I despise this expression…
There was a time in this country when Dads knew more than kids
My kids were watching a TV show in the other room. I heard one of the characters in the show mention that they were going to explore the Mariana Trench. "That’s…
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