Stop saying that girls are sporty, girls.
When a boy plays sports well, we say that he is athletic. We refer to him as an athlete or a jock. We a girl plays sports well, we refer to them as athletes,…
Mysteries that annoy me because I will never have an answer
I can't stand not knowing something that I want to know. While growing up, I didn't have an enormous amount of support when it came to academics, but my saving…
Always calling for Mommy, even though she has ignored him almost every time
My son has been alive for more than 1,000 days. For the last 800 days or so, I have been the one to pluck him from his crib in the…
We don’t roll down our car windows anymore. What the hell are my children going to do?
You're standing outside a friend's car. You want him to roll down his window so you can talk. If you're from my generation or one earlier, you make a rotating, cranking motion…
My son has no faith in me.
When I told my son that I couldn't fix his toy, he pushed me aside, grabbed the stool, found his way into a drawer with a screwdriver, and went to…
I’m willing to reboot Lost, absent the stupid parts.
I have absolutely no experience writing or producing a television show, but if the studio is ever interested, I'd be willing to remake Lost, a show that I liked a…
No TV since 1990 is no loss
Perhaps you've heard that Pope Francis has not watched television since July 15, 1990. TIME's headline read:Pope Francis Has Missed Out on So Much Good Television Since 1990 And yes, I…
Starbucks: Hate the product. Love the company.
At Starbucks’ annual meeting in Seattle last week, a shareholder complained to the chief executive, Howard Schultz, that the company had lost customers because of its vocal and economic support for same sex marriage and…
Innocent enough to believe in “leap-whale”
My daughter came downstairs two mornings ago, insisting upon an immediate and in depth study of the minke whale. I don't know how these things happen, and I don't know why…
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