Ashes to dishes
In the spirit of my recent post about the Catholic Church's edict against keeping or spreading the ashes of loved ones comes Justin Crowe's Nourish dinnerware, made from the remains of…
Resolution update: October 2016
PERSONAL HEALTH 1. Don’t die. I have fluid trapped behind my eardrum, making it hard to hear, but I don't think it will kill me. 2. Lose 20 pounds. I…
Worst Halloween treat ever
When I was a kid, a woman living on our street gave out plastic bags of Chex Mix on Halloween. Even though we knew it would be Chex Mix, we…
Catholics should be able to scatter their ashes wherever they damn well please.
My wife once said that, amongst the many noble reasons I became a teacher, one was that I don't like being told what to do. This has never occurred to…
My new TV gig
Tomorrow Seasons Up Close, a news program from the publishers of Seasons magazine, debuts on channel 3 at 11:30 in the Hartford market. This will also mark my television debut. Much…
Be happy for the good fortune of others. It’s a happier and more productive way to live.
One of the saddest and most inexplicable things that I see in this world is the inability to be happy for the good fortune of others. Sometimes it's a large…
Collaboration is great. Right?
I teach my students to collaborate. I believe that collaboration is a good and useful and a productive means of getting things done. It's good for people and the world…
Put stuff on the Internet and watch what happens
You should write. Regardless of your self-perceived skill or experience, you should absolutely write stuff and stick it on the Internet. This is what I have been doing for more…
Random chairs in restrooms make me uncomfortable. Justifiably so. Right?
I will never understand why a restaurant would put a random chair like this in their restroom. It serves no purpose other than to make me feel awkward and nervous and…
Why should I experience unnecessary minor pain? Because I choose not to be soft.
In a piece entitled Pain Is Silly! Be Prepared With Your Own Mini-Pharmacy, Slate's Mark Joseph Stern writes: “I live in the 21st century. Why should I have to experience minor…
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