Intelligent disobedience
If a guide dog judges a command unsafe, it will refuse it. This is called “intelligent disobedience.” I like this. I have been known to be disobedient from time to…
Early morning warriors (or lunatics)
I wake up between 4:00 and 5:00 every day and am writing shortly thereafter. This morning I was out of bed at 4:10. My brother texts me every morning around…
Cheerios and a tower
When I was a little boy, I would spend my mornings eating Wheaties and Corn Flakes and reading and re-reading the cereal boxes. Eventually, I graduated to the newspaper, the…
Love me some angry bigots
A beautiful campaign, followed by a brilliant response to a bunch of bigots. Bravo, Honey Maid. Graham crackers may have the consistency of drywall, but they taste delicious, and Honey…
The New York Times gets haiku all wrong, and I’m infuriated. Probably more than I should be.
The New York Times has been publishing “serendipitous haikus” for the last couple of years on a Tumblr called Times Haiku. An algorithm designed to detect potential haikus in text…
Casual Friday EVERYDAY could save the world (and your soul)
I have argued for years that formal dress codes and formal dress expectations are ridiculous. The idea that men go to work every day in a coat and tie, even…
Unnecessarily dangerous
Unnecessarily dangerous. Two perfect words to describe this. I’ve never been the safest person in the world, but this is stupid and ridiculous.
My kids like flowers. I don’t get it.
Elizabeth Park in West Hartford, Connecticut, opened their greenhouse to the public this week, and my wife took our kids for a morning with the flowers. As a child (and…
Suspiciously perfect start to the day
My son refused to let me take him out of the crib this morning until I handed him a book and let him read it first. He’s a little less…
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