My daughter was annoyed with Mrs. Claus – and let her have it.
I took my daughter on the Essex Steam Train's North Pole Express last night.For those of you unfamiliar, The Essex Steam Train is a 100 year-old functioning steam train and…
The Moth: Death by Bee Sting
The following is a story that I told at a Moth GrandSLAM at the Somerville Theatre in Somerville, MA in March of 2015. The theme of the night was Once in…
My 2015 Christmas haul
Every Christmas, I take inventory of the holiday gifts that my wife gives me.Some people wish for cashmere sweaters, brand new video game systems, stylish watches, and jewelry. My hope…
Awful Jeb Bush asks supporters for $25 in exchange for leaving them the hell alone. Seriously.
Ashley Feinberg at Gawker received received an unusual email from the Bush campaign last week.In exchange for $25, Bush promised to stop sending email to supporters on his mailing list…
How to be uninteresting with fruits and vegetables
Did you know that watermelon is considered a fruit but also a vegetable since it belongs to the gourd family? Did you also know that people who insist on proliferating…
Jigsaw puzzles are a terrible, rotten, no good, very bad gift.
In this holiday season, please remember this one important fact when choosing a gift for a friend or loved one:Giving your loved one the gift of a jigsaw puzzle is…
I have a story on The Moth Radio Hour and podcast this week!
I'm thrilled to have a story featured on The Moth Radio Hour and Moth podcast this week. It's a holiday story about my car accident two days before Christmas when I…
An essential quote for parents and teachers who are struggling with discipline
One of my lifelong ambitions is to make it into Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations or the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations. In an effort to assist the editors of that admirable tome,…
Boy vs. Girl: Episode 7: Babysitters, chivalry and taking out the trash
In the sad and unlikely event that you haven't subscribed to our podcast Boy vs. Girl in the iTunes store or wherever you get your podcasts (Overcast is my personal…
A possible cure for writer’s block
I have thankfully never suffered from writer's block, but if you do, perhaps you could try this innovative means of writing in hopes of curing it:Write naked.I can't say that…
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