I competed last night at a Moth StorySLAM at The Oberon in Cambridge, MA. The Oberon has two restrooms. When I started performing there in 2013, these restrooms were marked…
This is what happens when you spend the weekend performing in Illinois: You miss a dance party that was apparently held in your own home.
I'm not a fan of titles, which is a nice way of saying that I really, really hate titles. Let me explain. I have several good friends who have earned…
Yesterday morning, in the midst of the snowstorm, I drove past a woman walking in the road. She had an umbrella braced ahead of her and a CVS bag in…
Can we all acknowledge that placing the gasoline octane choices in reverse numerical order on gas pumps is done with the sole purpose of causing people who might be distracted…
Sometimes characters in my books say things and think things I would never say or think myself. Other times, characters say words and think things that are directly from my…
Earlier in the month, a friend of mine took some advice about living life well, and as expected, it worked out perfectly. In telling me how well things turned out,…
Here’s my biggest complaint about The Brady Bunch: The show ran for five seasons. The writers had six kids, two parents, a housekeeper, a dog, and a butcher to work…
Nordstrom is selling ordinary stones wrapped in ordinary leather this holiday season. I'm not kidding. They describe it as "A paperweight? A conversation piece? A work of art? It's up…
