Two things that will produce amazing results.
On Conan O'Brien's last night as host of The Tonight Show, he offered this bit of advice that I think is almost perfect.
A high opinion of your own opinion is a very good thing
John Wooden famously said, "The true test of a man's character is what he does when no one is watching." In other words, what do you do when there's no…
My kids were sweet and lovely this week. Don’t try to tell me otherwise.
Oftentimes Elysha and I see or hear our kids do something and can't believe what just happened. A few from this week. ____________________________________________ I picked up Charlie, who is five…
As long as you’re not as sexually repressed as the Vice President, the gender-neutral restroom is working just fine
During intermission at last night's Moth StorySLAM at The Oberon in Cambridge, I went to the restroom. The Oberon has converted its formerly gender-specific restrooms to gender-neutral restrooms. When I…
Lyric Problems: Belinda Carlisle’s “Heaven is a Place on Earth”
Belinda Carlisle claims again and again in her 1987 Billboard #1 hit "Heaven Is a Place on Earth" that: "They say in heaven, love comes first." No, they don't. This…
Guest post: Daniel Dale’s Twitter feed
Daniel Dale, Washington correspondent for the Toronto Star, tweeted the following thread, which I have cut and pasted here in case you don't use Twitter or didn't see it there.…
I want a little signage, damn it.
I'm not asking for much. When construction begins on a new project, could we require that a sign be erected explaining what this new project will be? Last year, a…
Choose to believe?
A friend recently said to me, "If you choose to believe in God, at least you get to believe in heaven." What a strange thing to say, I thought. If…
Just the kind of conversation I want before sunrise
Nothing to see here. Just a pre-sunrise conversation with my eight-year old daughter, Clara, about what the word "stillborn" means, followed by a flood of tears over the fate of Elizabeth…
The men’s restroom: All I want is a little consistency, please…
I appreciate and embrace consistency in all things. Find the fastest, most accurate, most efficient, least expensive way of doing something, and repeat as often as needed. This is why…
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