I want to be Jimmy Fallon
My friend, Bengi, used to play a game with me in which he’d try to find someone in the world I would rather be than myself. We were 19 at…
Changes to this website and blog are coming. Thoughts?
Sometime next week, this blog and my entire website will migrate to a new platform. I have built a new website and spent the last month duplicating content on it…
Legitimate complaints about the toilet
My daughter had a tantrum this weekend when she was told she had to try to use the bathroom before leaving the house. Amongst her complaints: There's nothing to do…
11 thoughts on yesterday’s TEDxBU event, including observations from the restrooms and my advice for future TED speakers.
A few observations from yesterday’s TEDxBU talk at Boston University. 1. I will never understand what possesses organizers like Ben Lawson and Salma Yehia to give up hundreds of hours…
Future CTfastrak spokespersons
Connecticut recently opened CTfastrak, a dedicated bus-only roadway, with stations stretching from Hartford to New Britain. The construction of this roadway and these stations has been underway for as long…
It’s a shame when people pose as Christians and give Jesus a bad name.
A Walkerton, Indiana, pizza shop is the state’s first business to declare it will not service gay weddings after the Religious Freedom Restoration Act was signed into law last week.…
One is the loneliest number, even if you’re an American Girl doll.
Our six-year-old daughter wants another American Girl doll. Given the price of these dolls, we said no. Her grandparents bought her the first doll, and her aunt and uncle gave…
Ladies: Leave my choice of winter clothing alone. I’M FINE.
Over the past seven days, I have been scolded by three different people – all women – for wearing shorts. In each case, I was either heading to or from…
Little routines by little people that mean so much to me for reasons I can’t explain.
Every morning, my son runs down from his bedroom to the hallway, to this window at the top of the stairs, and takes in the day's landscape. He looks for…
Resolution update: March 2015
Each month, I post my progress on my New Year’s resolutions here to hold myself accountable. The following are the results for February. PERSONAL HEALTH 1. Don’t die. Didn’t even…
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