So much for “Vomit-Free Since ‘83”
After 31 years, the phrase “Vomit-Free Since ‘83” no longer applies to me. Apparently I have a stomach flu of sorts, which resulted in the loss of a 31 year…
After 31 years, the phrase “Vomit-Free Since ‘83” no longer applies to me. Apparently I have a stomach flu of sorts, which resulted in the loss of a 31 year…
From an interview with Judd Apatow, I learned that the characters and plot for Freaks and Geeks (a television show I never watched) were designed around actors. First they found…
To think that I didn’t begin using a computer until I was eighteen years old, and I was an early adopter. I have students who have great difficulty using a…
Slate’s Ruth Graham recently wrote a piece entitled “My Life is a Walking Nightmare.” Why Do Parents Make Parenting Sound So God-Awful? Graham does not have children but experiences the…
My siblings and I did not take good care of our toys. We did not keep track of pieces. We were never careful with fragile parts. We smashed and crashed…
I just can’t imagine that my brother and sister and I were ever as copacetic as my children are when we were little. Yes, my kids are sitting atop a…
I had no idea how joyous a big sister singing to a little brother could be.
Having spent the first eight years of my life (prior to my parents divorce) living on a horse farm and next door to a dairy farm, I found this moment…
I ran into a friend at the grocery store on Saturday morning. After exchanging pleasantries, he said, “I admire you. I could never leave the house like that.” “Like that”…
I am not a fan of Wes Anderson’s films. I suspect that it’s because I’m an auditory learner who remembers almost everything he hears but almost nothing he sees. My…