Happy boy
Running back and forth between Mommy and Daddy while waiting for our table was enough for our son. He needed nothing more. How lucky we are.
Plants are smarter than we ever imagined. Eating them is no less cruel than eating a cow. And cows taste better.
I have always secretly hoped that someday we would discover that plants are just as sentient as animals, and as a result, the aggressively judgmental, overly proselytizing ethical vegans of…
She’s worried about her husband’s diapers. She should be more worried about her child’s early morning routine.
Slate’s Dear Prudence answers a question from a reader whose husband is a lifelong bed wetter who wears a diaper and rubber pants to bed each night. The reader is…
Working hard for the money: 2014 update
A few years ago, I posted a list of all the jobs I have held in my life in chronological order. It was an interesting exercise that I highly recommend.…
“Where do you get your ideas?” is an understandable but impossible-to-answer question for authors. But “Nuns at Scout camp” will be one of my answers someday.
I’m often asked where I get my ideas for books, which is an understandable but impossible question to answer. There is no well of ideas. There is no secret formula.…
I won a Moth StorySLAM, and that wasn’t the best part of the night. Seriously.
I won a Moth StorySLAM at The Oberon Theater in Cambridge on Tuesday night. I managed to win from first position, which isn’t easy. I’ve won 13 Moth StorySLAMs in…
This is not the look a father wants to see on his little girl’s face.
My daughter’s new haircut is lovely, but she’s only five years-old. She hasn’t even started kindergarten yet. Where did she learn this perfect blend of annoyance and disinterest?
Dungeons & Dragons brought me back to writing and saved my career.
The New York Times reports that Pulitzer Prize-winning author Junot Diaz is a former Dungeons & Dragons player. So too was Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and screenwriter David Lindsay-Abaire. Many more.…
My first date advice: Tell stories.
TIME’s Eric Barker reported on what science says are most appropriate and beneficial topics of discussion on a first date. My first date with my wife wasn’t a declared date.…
Our daughter told us to shut up, and she was right.
Driving home from the pool club, Elysha and I were debating the proper age to allow a child to play in a pool without supervision. With multiple lifeguards on duty,…
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