Productivity tip #12: Embrace the imperfect.
Start something new. Forget about the perfect launch or the right equipment or the ideal partner. Just start. If you find yourself a slave to perfection, remember these three things:…
The Play-Doh sex toy was a mistake, but making a big deal out of it is much worse.
Yes, it’s true. Play-Doh blundered big time with the design of their “extruder.” It’s kind of impossible to understand how this was produced without someone in the company noticing the…
A New Year’s resolution for all experienced parents: Silence the small, sad and stupid. Allow expecting parents to be expectant.
Now that I’ve posted my New Year’s resolutions for 2015, I have a New Year’s resolution suggestion for all parents: Spend the next year (or even better, the rest of…
New Years resolutions: 2015
The following are my New Years resolutions for 2015. For the first time, I have placed my resolutions in categories to help me keep them in order in my mind.…
Resolution update: 2014 in review
In an effort to hold myself accountable, I post the progress of my yearly goals at the end of each month on this blog. The following are the results through…
My highly improbable weekend
On Saturday, I played golf. In December. In New England. The course was closed, and there were sticks and pine boughs in place of the pins, but that didn’t matter.…
I want to be overpaid.
For the second year in the row, Forbes has declared that Adam Sandler is the most overpaid actor in Hollywood for 2014. This fact is often stated with derision. Just…
Best Christmas gift ever. Someone strongly hint about this to my kids when they are old enough to understand.
Christmas is over, but how about one last bit of Christmas cheer? And maybe even a tear or two? You’ll love this unless it makes you feel like a terribly…
Useless skills: Speaking and listening simultaneously
It occurs to me that we all have things that we can do surprisingly well that are fairly useless in life. Surprising but purposeless skills. Sort of meaningless super powers.…
How did television meteorologists become household names, and why can’t I name a single one of these guys?
Everyone in my life seems to know the names of the television meteorologists. They say things like, “Brad Somebody is hosting this charity event next weekend” or “Bruce Gobbledygook says…
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