My daughter received her first library card last weekend. She was thrilled. I think my wife and I were even more excited than she was. She also checked out her…
The makers of the dancing traffic light get it. It works because it is fun, and fun always increases attention, engagement, effort, and performance. Fun. It’s a word that is…
Last weekend I took my children to Winding Trails in Farmington, Connecticut, to a Fairy House Tour. I had never heard of such a thing and had no idea what…
About two years ago, I sat down with my infant son to rock him to sleep. Regina Spektor’s song On the Radio was running through my head, so I decided…
Slate’s Rebecca Onion recently proposed that the Grecian Bend was the most preposterous ladies’ fashion trend of all time. In the 1860s, it was fashionable for American women to wear…
Slate asks: What protocol does a hotel follow when a guest is found dead? Turns out I have a little bit of experience with this question. When I was 23…
A new study suggests that students who turn in homework at the last minute get worse grades. Of the 777 students involved, 86.1 percent waited until the last 24 hours…
I know a handful of college professors personally. I know a handful more via Facebook and Twitter. I have known many, many more throughout the years. Right around this time…
We spent the last day of summer on the Connecticut shoreline. Among our choice of activities was a visit to our favorite bookstore, R.J. Julia in Madison, Connecticut. Elysha…
