I’m proud to say I’ve never done this. Or this. Or this.
Last week I proclaimed pride in not knowing who Amanda Bynes is. Since making that claim, I have learned that she is or was a child actor. What she is…
The Moth: Call Me Dad
The following is a story that I told at a Moth StorySLAM at The Bell House in Brooklyn in March of this year. The theme of the night was Money.…
A mother’s nightgown teaches a woman a universal truth of life.
Katy Waldman of Slate wrote a piece about mistaking her mother’s nightgown for a sundress and accidentally wearing it to work. Want to guess what happened when this twenty something…
Wedding etiquette torn down by one of the most popular advice columnists in the world. I’m impressed.
Emily Yoffe, the Ask Prudence advice communist for Slate, recently did a podcast in which people were able to ask questions about wedding etiquette via the telephone as part of…
My advice: Listen to The Diary of Anne Frank on a 1995 Sony Walkman
The first time I read The Diary of Anne Frank, I listened to the audiobook on a Sony Walkman. It was 1995, and the recording was on cassette tape. This…
I don’t love Star Trek, but this most recent Star Trek TELEVISION SHOW is amazing.
I have never been a huge Star Trek fan. The writers of Star Trek had the entire universe at their fingertips, and yet again and again they placed their characters…
Unfair assumption #11: People who tell you that a tomato is actually a fruit are actually some of the most pedantic and annoying people on the planet.
People who tell you that a tomato is actually a fruit and a banana is actually a berry are actually some of the most boring, pedantic and annoying people on…
The Moth: Two Fathers
The following is a story that I told at a Moth StorySLAM at The New School in New York City in March of this year. The theme of the night…
107 Federal Street update
As you may know, my sister and I write a blog called 107 Federal Street (named after the address of our childhood home) where we attempt to recover and discuss…
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