I discovered the secret to the perfect marriage, and I didn't even realize it.A friend recently joked that she couldn't imagine what my wife, Elysha, was thinking when she married me.It's…

I'm afraid of the day when the arrival of the garbage truck on a Monday morning ceases to be entertainment for my children. Thankfully this was not that day.

A middle aged person recently told me that he doesn't have any gay friends and has never had a gay friend or even a gay acquaintance.I think this probably means…

In case you haven't heard, I have no intention of ever dying. Sincerely. So what proceeds is purely hypothetical.  So if I were to die - WHICH IS NEVER GOING TO HAPPEN - I have…

It's not often that a real person who exists within a fictional story gives you an object that represents a critical moment from that story. It probably happens as often as…

I had a delicious, delightful dinner at The Perfect Wife in Manchester Center, Vermont this weekend.  As we waited for the check, I excused myself to use the restroom. I was…

Elysha and I went to Vermont this weekend, leaving the children behind with their grandparents.We returned on Sunday afternoon to find our living room television wired with Apple TV and the…

It began five years ago. I was listening to a podcast called Books on the Nightstand when its hosts, Ann Kingman and Michael Kindness, proposed that perhaps some listeners might want…

My favorite Patriots hat has been missing for more than a week. When I went to Boston earlier in the week to tell a story, I had to wear an…

It's not what you think. It's true that on Tuesday night, I won The Moth's StorySLAM in Boston. It's also true that my friend, Plato, finished in second place - the second time…