Bad decision by this teacher, but not for the reasons you might suspect.
From TIME magazine:Students at Skyview High School in Billings, Montana, might get out of their world history finals this year — if they can somehow get Taylor Swift to call…
The world lost an elementary school custodian yesterday, and a better man than most.
I lost a friend yesterday.John was a custodian at my school. We both started working at Wolcott Elementary School 17 years ago. More than a custodian, John was an important person in…
Want to be funny? Want to make people laugh? Tell a story. In the right sort of venue. With the right number of people.
One of the most surprising things about storytelling, at least for me, is how often and easily storytelling audiences laugh. I remember telling my first story at a Moth StorySLAM back…
My position on gossip is potentially divisive and possibly offensive, except that I guess it’s not. Huzzah!
Recently I was sitting with friends, chatting and eating, when one of them said to me, "You'll want to either block your ears or leave the room for a minute."Since I…
My minimalist hero and my possible desire to radically reduce my wardrobe
Leo Widrich is my new hero. He is an advocate and practitioner of "one-bag living." In an effort to simplify and de-clutter his life, almost everything he owns fits inside…
Listen to me talk about storytelling and teaching instead of reading my words
Last week I made appearances on two Slate podcasts. In my fifth installment on The Gist, I continue the process of coaching Frank Kennedy as he prepares a story that he…
I wore jeans to a $25,000 a table gala and something surprising happened, as it often does when I am under-dressed.
Last week I had the honor of performing at The Moth Ball, where I performed on the same stage as the great Louis CK. I also had the pleasure of…
Wine snobbery debunked.
There are few things in the world that I despise more than snobbery. The ostentatious display of wealth is disgusting and often a sign of a lack of confidence or…
My son is an overnight bully. Also, he apparently has superhuman strength.
In the past six years of parenting, our children have slept in our bed for about a total of four nights.Four nights over the course of six years and two…
I would make the same face if forced to eat avocados
I love this video except that it's title contains an annoying grammatical error that has yet to be fixed, even though YouTube titles can be easily changed.
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