The Reverse Nap: Mounting evidence that I am not a crazy person
I’ve been reversing napping for more than a year now. I go to sleep at my regularly appointed hour, usually somewhere between 11:30 PM and midnight. Then I wake up…
Ignorance is bliss
Three words that my daughter continues to use incorrectly: “Last day” in place of any day before today “Oh” in place of “Or” “That wise” in place of “That's why”…
The Moth: Shoe Thief
The following is a story that I told at a Moth StorySLAM at The Bell House in Brooklyn in March of 2012. The theme of the night was Theft. I…
What kind of food is this?
I was visiting the pretend diner at Kid City, a local children’s museum. I was sitting at a Formica table, waiting for my daughter to serve me some plastic food…
Joining the war against nonplussed is flammable/inflammable
Since launching my war against the word “nonplussed” last week, the campaign has been proceeding surprisingly well. In addition to my own use of the word “nonplussed” at least half…
I’m launching an email newsletter. What should be included?
The publishing Gods (Jane Friedman and many others) have declared that the most important tool that an author has for building a platform and marketing a book is a strong…
For my daughter. And all daughters.
Advice To Young Girls: If you have a choice between being the thin one or the pretty one, choose to be the funny one. Megan Sass posted this to Twitter…
The peanut butter and tuna fish sandwich
For people like me who hate mayonnaise (and there are many of us), foods like egg, chicken, and tuna salad sandwiches are not viable options for us. When I was…
A death threat, courtesy of the Yellow Pages
The Yellow Pages is a telephone directory of businesses, organized by category, rather than alphabetically by business name and in which advertising is sold. The directories were originally printed on…
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