I’m a timely person. I’m timely because I think it’s rude to be late. Even worse, I think it’s despicable for a person to be consistently late. The consistently late…
I’m hired from time to time to deliver talks and teach workshops on a variety of topics. I’ve delivered inspirational speeches. Commencement addresses. I’ve hosted conferences and story slams. I’ve…
A tweet that I saw a couple days ago: @DaveHolmes: Right now my friends and I are sending vague texts to the people in our contacts whose names we don't…
I’m not sure if other authors feel this way, but most days, I don’t feel like a real author. It's ridiculous but true. I’ve published three novels – two with…
Daniel Engber of Slate offers an explanation for why people behave like idiots before a snowstorm, rushing off to a grocery store that will undoubtedly be open sometime the next day. The…
From an interview with Malcolm Gladwell in The Guardian comes a few of his more interesting comments: I don’t know why people think attention spans are getting shorter. Thirty years…
On their death beds, the people of my generation will lament the time the spent driving – sometimes daily – from grocery store to grocery store, chasing the freshest produce,…
On Wednesday of this week, I received an email from someone whom I don’t know. This is the entirety of his message, excluding his name and the attached Word document.…
So many times in my life, I’ve wished that I had avoided one or more of the sequels to a book or movie. Spoiling the beauty of an original story…
