I broke into the Brooklyn Navy Yard and committed a crime (I think)
I went to Brooklyn at the end of August to record a podcast at Slate. Slate moved its offices from a fairly convenient location in Manhattan to a terribly inconvenient location…
The bravest
One of the most quoted lines from Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend is this:“You have to be the bravest person in the world to go out every day, being yourself…
Book Club Adventures on Planes and Trains and Automobiles (sort of)
Since I published my first novel in 2009, I have attended well over 100 book club meetings both in person and over Skype with people from all over the world…
I think my wife is hitting on me.
Elysha's no dummy. If she's trying to woo me, she knows exactly how to do it.Nothing is sexier than finding Organizing magazine on the kitchen counter.I left her a note.
I know way too much about boll weevils
My daughter, Clara, age seven, at 6:40 AM:"Dad, I want to know what a boll weevil is. It's a beetle. I know that, but I want to know more. I…
Preschool is destined to disappoint my son.
Charlie made his first preschool visit yesterday.As we ate breakfast, he asked me to come to school with himWhen I told him I had to go to work, he said,…
“Baked in a buttery, flaky crust”
While recording a commercial for chicken pot pie at Dysart's Restaurant, this man ran into an especially tricky line of dialogue.This made me laugh so hard. Hopefully you enjoy a…
Resolution update: August 2016
PERSONAL HEALTH1. Don’t die.Survived pneumonia and a foot injury in August. 2. Lose 20 pounds.Still 17 pounds down. Just three to go. 3. Do at least 100 push-ups and 100 sit-ups five…
A real life person signs my books as his fictional self, which sounds weird and is admittedly a little weird.
I have a habit of including real people in my fictional stories.If you've read Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend, you might know that Mrs. Gosk is a real person. She…
The most astounding editor’s note I have ever seen
In what I can only describe as the most astounding editor's note I have ever seen, the editor of a piece in the Huffington Post entitled "Donald Trump Suggests Colin…
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