Stealing Daddy’s headphones
My wireless headphones are perched atop my head so often that there was a time when my son thought that they were a part of my body.They’re a little big…
3 Reasons Why You Should Never Send a Kid to a Dictionary to Look Up the Spelling of a Word
As an elementary school teacher for 17 years, I have been asked for the spelling of a word hundreds, if not thousands, of times.Every time I have been asked --…
Wedding advice: No impromptu toasts.
Wedding season is upon us. On Saturday my partner and I will begin our 19th season as wedding DJs. When we started back in 1996, we still had a…
Potty training in the modern world
Potty training in 2015 includes counsel from a supportive sister and an iPad propped up on a footstool. Times have changed.
Dear Adam Cloud: “Yard Goats” is the definition of unique. Also, your argument that the name is offensive is absurd.
If you haven’t heard, the New Britain Rock Cats – the Colorado Rockies Double A affiliate – are moving to Hartford and have been renamed The Yard Goats.The Yard Goats…
A note to my children regarding the shame and embarrassment of 2015
When you read about the year 2015 in the history books, little ones, please remember this: Yes, it’s true. It is still perfectly legal in much of the United States…
31 lessons I teach my students that aren’t in the curriculum
Never, ever ask a woman if she is pregnant. Old people look weird but have lots and lots of good stuff to say. “I’m sorry. I made a mistake. I…
Three sentences that everyone should say more often
If you read this blog regularly, you know that I have many flaws. In fact, I list them annually. The 2015 list is 35 items long.But here’s something in which…
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