Taking a stand against not taking a stand to avoid offending someone
Last week I posted a list of things that I had never done that caused me to feel pride. I receive quite a bit of pushback on this post. Specifically,…
A hard roll is actually soft. You probably knew that already, but I didn’t.
For the first 35 years of my life, I never ordered an egg sandwich on a hard roll because who the hell would want an egg sandwich on a hard…
Fold a shirt in under 2 seconds
I’ve tried it about half a dozen times so far and have failed every time. I’m not giving up.
Beauty pageants must end now.
I would like to propose that every man, woman and child in the United States sign a pledge refusing to participate in or watch any beauty pageant like the Miss…
Literary perfection
As a father, a teacher and an author, I cannot imagine a better image than this one. If she wasn’t four years-old, I’d accuse my daughter of setting this up…
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…
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