A peek into a typical day of our marriage
Last night I told Elysha that I had a song stuck in my head. She asked me what the song was. I told her that she wouldn't know it. She assured…
Boy vs. Girl: Episode 18 – Pants, Lands End, and military service
In last week's episode of Boy vs. Girl (apologies for the delay in posting here), Rachel and I discuss pants, the Lands End decision regarding Gloria Steinem, and compulsory military…
Boy vs. Girl: Episode 19 – Wedding proposals, politics, and frats
In this week's episode of Boy vs. Girl, Rachel and I discuss wedding proposals, double standards in politics, and single sex fraternities. You can listen here or - better yet…
The worst name for a food item in all of human history
I'm obsessed with how food is named. Chilean sea bass, for example, is really Patagonian tooth fish. Order Patagonian tooth fish the next time you want Chilean sea bass. Please?…
27 Things I Wish I Had Known 10 Years Earlier
I read a post on Medium entitled 25 Things I Wish I Had Known 10 Years Earlier. I hated the post. It was filled with platitudes, cliches, and enormous, nonspecific…
A famous writer and I agree on the worst part of sleep
Someone on Twitter sent me this poem: "Sleep. Those little slices of Death. How I loathe them." I read these three lines and thought, "Yes! I'm not alone! See? Someone…
She wrote “No.” My heart soared.
My daughter had to vote for her "favorite groovy expression" from the list below. She read through the choices. We explained what each expression meant. Then she refused to pick.…
Deep, scary, philosophical Star Trek thoughts.
Somehow a discussion about how the transporters work on Star Trek had me in an existential panic.Granted, this is easier to accomplish with me than most people, but still. This…
Few things are as bad as we want people to think. I think.
I was speaking to a friend about the college application process her daughter recently went through, who I taught years ago. Her words: "It wasn't so bad. Not a big…
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