I think my daughter is becoming cool.
Clara came downstairs yesterday morning, asked Alexa (the name assigned to the Amazon Echo) to play Francis England (her favorite musician, who she found independently on Spotify), and then just…
Clara came downstairs yesterday morning, asked Alexa (the name assigned to the Amazon Echo) to play Francis England (her favorite musician, who she found independently on Spotify), and then just…
You become manager, CEO, Superintendent, team leader, department head, or the like. As one of the perks to your new position, you are assigned a preferred parking spot, presumably closer…
A video like this - which is beautifully shot and fascinating - is the kind of thing that further convinces me that the complexity of the world has reached the…
PERSONAL HEALTH1. Don’t die.I have pneumonia, but it didn't stop me from enjoying four days in Maine with Elysha to celebrate our tenth anniversary, and it didn't keep me from…
Last week I wrote a piece advising that you avoid shopping at multiple grocery stores in a given week, arguing that time is more valuable than the marginal differences in…
Earlier in the year, my kids were featured in a TurboTax ad after an advertising agency found a photo of them on this blog. They actually earned enough money from…
In August of 2015 I told the story of my first date with my wife at a Moth StorySLAM at The Bitter End. The theme of the night was Guts. I…
You have to wonder the thinking behind Bill O'Reilly's decision to fact-check Michelle Obama's assertion in her Democratic National Convention speech that she has been living in a home built…
It’s hard to remember a time when the internet didn’t exist, but for people my age, members of Generation X, I often think that we grew up at the perfect…
When my daughter was three years old, still unable to read, she taught me three invaluable lessons about the craft of writing. Specifically, she offered three specific pieces of criticism…