The Pope and an old lady in parking lot
On Saturday morning an older woman spotted me wearing gym shorts in a parking lot and said, “Put some pants on! Who do you think you are?” As with all…
Best tweet ever
A reader from parts unknown tweeted this yesterday and made my heart soar: I miss my book "The memoirs of an imaginary friend" ....whoever who stole it ... i pray…
I split my pants EIGHT YEARS AGO. Strangers are still talking about it.
Not surprising: My wife knew the people sitting behind us at dinner last night. She’s knows everyone. Surprising: One of the women in the party asked if I was the…
Look! An airplane! Amazing! Also the Toyota Camry you just plowed into.
It’s clever. Genius, even. But I worry about the kind of interactive billboard that distracts the driver’s eyes from the road any longer than necessary. Oy. I sound like an…
Juicing is dumb. But I didn’t say it.
This may come as a surprise, but every so often, I don’t write something in fear that it may offend readers. I know. Based upon some of the things that…
Lessons learned from 4 years of parenting
Two years ago, when my daughter was two, I created a list of lessons that I had learned from two years of parenting. Two years and an additional child later,…
My son’s first steps (and a gentle shove)
My son took his first steps yesterday. We managed to capture a few of them on video. A day later, I still get goose bumps just thinking about it. In…
Verbal sparring 101: Acts of extreme self-flagellation are very useful
At the end of the previous school year, a colleague was upset with me for my failure to strictly comply to a policy related to her department. When she called…
How many male authors, after speaking brilliantly about writing and literature, have been asked publicly about their clothes?” I have an answer, but I suspect that some of you will want to chop my head off for it.
Author M. Molly Backes recently asked the following question on Twitter: @mollybackes: How many male authors, after speaking brilliantly for an hour about writing and literature, have been asked publicly…
At least we don’t throw knives at our children
Next time someone older than me complains that my generation (and subsequent generations) lack manners or spend too much time on our phones or don’t save enough money, I’ll say,…
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