If you've ever attended one of my author talks, you'll know that I encourage strange, difficult, inappropriate, and challenging questions during the Q&A portion of the evening.I even award a…
In my most recent appearance on Slate's The Gist, I discuss the importance of stakes in storytelling and some of the tricks that I use to build and maintain them…
PERSONAL HEALTH1. Don’t die.I didn't even come close to dying last month. 2. Lose 20 pounds.I gained two pounds in October, so now I'm only down ten for the year. Ten…
One of the unexpected joys of parenthood is discovering that your child does something that you have done in the past, without any prompting on your part. Recently, I've noticed that…
On the eve of game three of the World Series (in which the Royals lead the Mets two games to none, I wanted to highlight this incredible bit of information…
We need to stop saying that hindsight is 20/20.If this were true:My friend from high school wouldn't have married a seemingly endless string of deadbeats.The United States military wouldn't continue…
A friend of mine posted this to Twitter a while back.If any religion was real, we'd set kids loose in search of truth rather than trying to indoctrinate them into…
Oh, how I long for the days when I had enough hair to have this level of hat head.Not really, but still, it's cute. Right?
You don't get to treat people poorly because you're having "a bad day."A bad day may cause you to be more emotional or temperamental than normal, but it doesn't mean…
1. Friends or relatives who name their baby the same name or a similar name as your childYou don't own the name.You didn't invent the name.The name is not a…
