Halloween is one of the few holidays that has changed completely depending on how old I am. As a child, I donned a Halloween costume and went trick-or-treating, hoping to…
In my experience, this may be true, but it doesn’t mean that you are safe. Fools and extremists may attempt to destroy you anyway.
The Center for Responsive Politics estimates that nearly $4 billion will be spent on television advertising for the 2014 midterm elections, up from $3.6 billion in 2010. My question: Who…
One of our routines at the dinner table is to talk about the best part of each one of our days. Charlie is only two years-old and doesn’t quite get…
Author Shelli Johnson posted a list entitled 10 Things I Wish I’d Known When I Was 20. As such, I was inspired to write my own list. Unlike Johnson, who…
My daughter is sick. Her kindergarten class has a field trip to the pumpkin patch today. She’s going to miss the trip. Last month she was also sick. She missed…
Slate’s Seth Stevenson argues in favor of not saying goodbye. Ghosting—aka the Irish goodbye, the French exit, and any number of other vaguely ethnophobic terms—refers to leaving a social gathering…
Bad start to the day. Arrived at my friend’s house, 40 minutes from my home, having forgotten without my ticket to the Patriots’ game. It requires an incredible amount of…
Our boy pulled a lamp down onto his head last night, necessitating a trip to the emergency room. A little glue and some Steri-Strips, and he was fine. He’ll have…
You’ve probably heard of Rate My Professors and Rate My Teachers. I’m thinking of launching a new startup: Rate My Parents Go online and rate you parents in a…
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