Every thing doesn’t need to be a thing
My friend and podcast host Rachel was recently told me about a recommendation she received about the joy of drinking a glass of bourbon while in the shower. This is,…
From the mouths of babes…
Clara tells me that she doesn't like Donald Trump. She says that she heard him say mean things to "a lady named Megyn Kelly" on CBS Sunday Morning."Megyn asked a…
Opposing Donald Trump while defending one or more of his positions is not doubly odd. It’s called objectivity.
Marlow Stern of The Daily Beast - in writing about Bill Maher's recent criticism of the charge of battery against's Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski, says: “Maher’s defense of Lewandowski…
Mike Pesca’s favorite sentences of 2015 (and mine)
Back in January, Mike Pesca of Slate's The Gist discussed some of his favorite sentences of 2015. When Pesca attributed the sentence to someone., I included the attribution. Bill Raftery on…
A fashion designer who doesn’t know she’s a fashion designer
On the same day that my wife told me that she wanted to be a fashion designer when she was a little girl but doesn't have that same passion or…
“Close to the chest” or “close to the vest?” The answer annoys the hell out of me.
I've heard this idiom spoken both ways:"Play your cards close to the vest.""Play your cards close to the chest."So I wondered: Which of these is correct?The answer: Both.There is no…
Seasons: Spring 2106
My column in the spring 2016 edition of Seasons is now available online.I write "Last Word," the humor column on the back page of the magazine. This month I write…
I’ve never done this medically inadvisable thing that you probably do often
Two years ago I posted a list of 9 things that I have never done that most people in the world have tried at least once. Today I add a tenth…
Boy in blanket fort offers lesson on happiness
It's just a sheet spread over his crib, but it makes him so happy. There's so much joy and wonder in this simple thing. It's an important reminder to me…
An important (and painful) lesson about the people closest to me and the things I write
One of my wife's friends told me yesterday that she reads this blog daily and feels like she has an oddly intimate relationship with me as a result.Then she said…
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