What were the three most important decisions of your life?
A recent Quora question asked, “What were the three most important decisions of your life?” I’ve been debating this question for almost a month, and I have finally settled on…
Own your crazy
People are weird. People are crazy. People obsess over things, worry about things and develop rituals around things that baffle and confuse the people around them. It’s okay. As long…
I live in a country where Janet Jackson’s boob receives more attention than net neutrality.
I just learned that the FCC received 1.4 million comments on their website regarding Janet Jackson’s wardrobe malfunction during the 2004 Super Bowl. This is the most comments that they…
It’s just a table with some crayons and paints and paper, but in a surprising way, it’s changed the course of my children’s lives.
It’s rare that a simple change can alter the course of an entire household, but our recent decision to turn an otherwise unused table in our home into an art…
Declare your parental pride. Make the world better for the parent of a newborn.
I saw a friend last week who recently had a baby. She told me that of all the advice she received prior to giving birth, my warning about all the…
Contrary to popular belief, parents and teachers are well aware of the existence of Sparknotes.
was sitting inside Barnes & Noble last week with seven teenagers who are participating in our writing camp. We were discussing book titles when one of the students pointed at…
My daughter, the old lady.
In the last three days, the following words have come out of my five year-old daughter’s mouth: “Mom, just remember: the doctor knows best.” “Dad, you know I don’t like…
A visit from Mom
It’s grainy, and the color is bad, but this photograph means the world to me. I grew up in a time before digital photography, and as a family, we took…
New rule: Women should not make sweeping generalizations about women.
In listening to the most recent Nerdist Writer’s Panel podcast, the writer and show runner of the television show Trophy Wife, Emily Halpern, was asked if she ever fights with…
Stop the retirement madness. Please.
Could someone please tell Derek Jeter that he can still play and that his retirement is making me feel less like a boy and too much like an adult. While…
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