I've had the pleasure of spending the last few months working with a lawyer and public speaker named Angeli. She's been competing in Toastmasters events for some time, but recently,…

In 2016, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority planned to spend $250 million on a project that would turn several New York bridges into an intricate light show. It sounds like a…

Weird Al Yankovic is embarking on a major tour this summer: The Bigger and Weirder Tour He hasn't released a significant amount of music in over a decade, yet this…

Slate magazine is engaged in Revenge Week. Sort of like Shark Week, except the focus is on revenge. And somehow, a Slate editor identified me as being someone especially focused…

On Saturday night, Charlie and I attended the Styx concert in Mansfield, Massachusetts. REO Speedwagon and Don Felder of The Eagles opened the show. It was the third Styx show…

I received an email last week from a person who essentially asked, "I'd love to have your career as a storyteller and consultant. Can you tell me how?" I receive…

Soundslice is a company that digitizes music from photographs. A few months ago, they started noticing that users were uploading screenshots of ASCII tablature — a bare-bones way of notating…

Elysha and I visited the John Singer Sargent exhibit at The Met during our anniversary jaunt to New York City last week. I don't typically like portraits very much, and…

I was walking with a client to a restaurant for dinner when she pointed at a large, grassy field in the park and said, "I love this green space." "You…

Over the past month, I've written about some unfortunate customer service situations related to hotels. One involving a Hilton in Miami. The other involves the Holiday Inn Express in Newington.…