Everyone deserves to have fans.
I’ll be showing this clip to my students. Sportsmanship can mean so much when it’s done right. It’s rarely been done better than this. Still, I want to know who…
The consistently late are the scum of the Earth. Here’s a simple strategy to avoid being late in the future.
I’m a timely person. I’m timely because I think it’s rude to be late. Even worse, I think it’s despicable for a person to be consistently late. The consistently late…
The Joyful and Effective Use of Condoms in the Latter Years of Life: My latest workshop
I’m hired from time to time to deliver talks and teach workshops on a variety of topics. I’ve delivered inspirational speeches. Commencement addresses. I’ve hosted conferences and story slams. I’ve…
A brilliant way to turn incessant texting into something splendid and amusing
A tweet that I saw a couple days ago: @DaveHolmes: Right now my friends and I are sending vague texts to the people in our contacts whose names we don't…
Today I feel like a real author – which doesn’t happen often – and not for any reason that you might imagine.
I’m not sure if other authors feel this way, but most days, I don’t feel like a real author. Its ridiculous but true. I’ve published three novels – two with…
This is the real reason you go shopping before a snowstorm
Daniel Engber of Slate offers an explanation as to why people behave like idiots before a snowstorm, rushing off to a grocery store that will undoubtedly be open at some…
Malcolm Gladwell on shorter attention spans, inherent unfairness, and the selfie.
From an interview with Malcolm Gladwell in The Guardian comes a few of his more interesting comments: I don’t know why people think attention spans are getting shorter. Thirty years…
The single greatest death bed regret of Generation X (and maybe beyond) will be this:
On their death beds, the people of my generation will lament the time the spent driving – sometimes daily – from grocery store to grocery store, chasing the freshest produce,…
I didn’t respond to a stranger’s unsolicited manuscript for 48 hours, so his angry response was probably justified. Right?
On Wednesday of this week, I received an email from someone who I don’t know. This is the entirety of his message, minus his name and the Word document that…
- Go to the previous page
- 1
- …
- 380
- 381
- 382
- 383
- 384
- 385
- 386
- …
- 797
- Go to the next page
