Owen: 2000-2016
I lost a friend yesterday. After a short battle with an indeterminate disease, our cat of died peacefully in our arms yesterday. Owen was an incredibly healthy cat until his…
A broken lawnmower, a fifth grade boy, and CragsList.com make me wonder if God is real.
Last Saturday I spoke about teaching at a TEDx conference at The Country School in Madison, CT. My talk was about students' capacity and the importance of expecting more from…
A question I don’t want my wife to be asked
My son, Charlie, and I were on our way to our first haircut together. From the back seat, he asked. "Why does the car always drive so much faster when…
Boy vs. Girl: Episode 25 – Income in Dating, Mansplaining, and Tallywackers
In this week's episode, Rachel and I discuss income as a determining factor in dating, the ridiculousness of mansplaining, and our thoughts on the new restaurant Tallywackers and public nudity.…
Firemen became firefighters. Penmanship became handwriting. Great. But there’s one gender neutral word I can’t support.
Firemen became firefighters. A great improvement. I'd rather be a firefighter than a fireman. A stewardess became a flight attendant. Also an improvement. Policemen became police officers. A solid choice.…
Bible buffet
Protip: If you're using The Bible to justify your opposition to same sex marriage, don't forget to stone to death any woman engaging in premarital sex. And not just your…
Every thing doesn’t need to be a thing
My friend and podcast host Rachel recently told me about a recommendation she received about the joy of drinking a glass of bourbon while in the shower. This is, of…
From the mouths of babes…
Clara tells me that she doesn't like Donald Trump. She says that she heard him say mean things to "a lady named Megyn Kelly" on CBS Sunday Morning. "Megyn asked…
Opposing Donald Trump while defending one or more of his positions is not doubly odd. It’s called objectivity.
Marlow Stern of The Daily Beast - in writing about Bill Maher's recent criticism of the charge of battery against's Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski, says: “Maher’s defense of Lewandowski…
Mike Pesca’s favorite sentences of 2015 (and mine)
Back in January, Mike Pesca of Slate's The Gist discussed some of his favorite sentences of 2015. When Pesca attributed the sentence to someone. I included the attribution. Bill Raftery…
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