Speak Up storyteller: Julie Threlkeld
On Saturday, Elysha and I will be producing our next Speak Up storytelling event at Real Art Ways in Hartford, CT. The theme of the evening is Schooled: Lessons Taught…
Siri on the NFL and MLB
I was on my way home from a sports bar after watching the New England Patriots beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. My wife was in the kitchen, making dinner, and…
Special K spokesman (or spokeslittlegirl)?
"Dad, can I tell you two things? Number one: Special K is super good. Number two: Can I have more Special K?" Three minutes later: "Here, Dad. Special K is…
If Bobby Riggs intentionally lost to Billie Jean King in The Battle of the Sexes, it matters. The truth always matters.
ESPN recently ran a feature story about the allegation that Bobby Riggs intentionally lost the famous 1973 Battle of the Sexes match against Billie Jean. I’ve read the piece and…
This pint-sized hockey fan makes your average fantasy football player look like a joke.
I have such respect for this little girl. The passion that she possesses for her favorite hockey player is beyond impressive. She makes the fantasy football fanatics of the world…
A genius author and I have something in common. I’m not quite the hack that I thought I was.
Tom Perrota, author most recently of The Leftovers (which is about to become an HBO series), is a far better writer than me, but it would seem that he and…
Apparently a lack of intelligence and decency will not prevent you from getting into college
LSU frat Delta Kappa Epsilon hung a banner for Saturday's LSU-Kent State game that said, "Getting massacred is nothing new to Kent State," referencing the 1970 Kent State shootings. If…
My brothers are gone, and my heart hurts.
I leave for Camp Jewell with my fifth graders this morning for three days of outdoor adventures in the woods of northwestern Connecticut. This will be my fifteenth year at…
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