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…
I thought I became a teacher because I love kids, but it turns out that the real reason was far more selfish and insidious
It appears that knowledge of your spouse is a highly effective indicator of satisfaction in your relationships. “Knowledge of one’s partner and life skills are much better predictors of average…
Resolution update: September 2015
PERSONAL HEALTH1. Don’t die.I played football with a few guys the other day and survived, though my shoulder is still killing me. 2. Lose 20 pounds.Still down 12 pounds. No change…
Unfair assumption #21: John Smith is not a good name
If your last name is Smith and you name your son John - and John is not a family name of any significance - then I have to assume that…
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