This week I have heard from readers in Germany, Italy, Belgium, Mexico and Portugal. I also heard from a teenager in Ohio who convinced her geometry teacher to read Memoirs…
In the event you would like to hear me blather on and on, the following are some of my upcoming speaking events: April 16: Moth StorySLAM at Housing Works in…
If a guide dog judges that a command is unsafe, it will refuse the command. This is called “intelligent disobedience.” I like this. I have been known to be disobedient…
I wake up between 4:00 and 5:00 every day and am writing shortly thereafter. This morning I was out of bed at 4:10. My brother texts me every morning around…
When I was a little boy, I would spend my mornings eating Wheaties and Corn Flakes and reading and re-reading the cereal boxes. Eventually I graduated to the newspaper, the…
A beautiful campaign, followed by a brilliant response to a bunch of bigots. Bravo, Honey Maid. Graham crackers may have the consistency of drywall, but they taste delicious, and Honey…
The New York Times has been publishing “serendipitous haikus” for the last couple years on a Tumblr called Times Haiku. An algorithm designed to detect potential haikus in text periodically…
I have argued for years that formal dress codes and formal dress expectations are ridiculous. The idea that men go to work every day in a coat and tie, even…
Unnecessarily dangerous. Two perfect words to describe this. I’ve never been the safest person in the world, but this is stupid and ridiculous.
