My daughter has become a same-sex marriage activist and a storytelling promoter
As we were leaving the playground yesterday, a little boy approached my six year-old daughter and asked to be her friend. I wasn't surprised. In the span of about an…
The conspiracy of the uninvited, unannounced pickle must end
I despise pickles. They are a despicable and hideous creation. They are also one of the only foods that are capable of contaminating their environment and ruining a perfectly good…
I’m doing my first full hour onstage for the Pound Ridge Storytelling Festival on Saturday night. And I’m a little nervous, which almost never happens. Here’s why:
On Saturday night, I will be headlining the Pound Ridge Storytelling Festival in Pound Ridge, New York. It will be my first hour onstage. If you're in the neighborhood (or…
My daughter’s amazing list of proposed weekend activities
My wife is going away for the weekend, leaving me alone with the kids until Monday afternoon. In preparation for the weekend ahead, my six year-old daughter wrote a list…
Announcing your goals makes it less likely that you will achieve them, but what if you’re not an idiot?
Readers of this blog will know that for more than five years, I have posted my yearly goals and my progress (or lack thereof) every month as a means of holding…
Hot Buzz for Books 2015
Want a pile of great book recommendations? A chance to win some great prizes? Live in the Hartford area?Join us at the Mandell JCC in West Hartford for this great…
This is a contract from hell. Or heaven, depending on your current disposition and predilections.
HBO is adapting the 1973 science fiction-western-thriller Westworld into a series that will air later this year. Before you decide to audition for a lead role on the show, take a…
Sometimes a student writes a sentence that I wish I had written. This is one of them.
"Even though he had braces, he still had a dream."
I hit the greatest golf shot of my life. Then a squirrel did something even more amazing.
Yesterday, while on the golf course, I holed a 100 yard chip for a birdie.It was perhaps the best golf shot that I have ever made.On the next two holes,…
The Gist: My Orange Thong and Lucky Star story
Last week I performed as part of Slate's The Gist first live show at The Bell House in Brooklyn. I told a story about a time when I made a…
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