The greatest source of discontent in my marriage may be this Cadillac commercial, which I adore.
My wife and I do not fight. It’s not that we are opposed to fighting, and we’re certainly more than happy to argue a point when the time is right,…
The Moth: Deformed Cow and Moonlight Deer
The following is a story that I told at a Moth StorySLAM at Housing Works in New York City in July of last year. The theme of the night was…
Barbara Green is a literary hero in a small town in Italy. And in my heart.
I love this story. I received an email last week from a librarian in southern Italy. It reads: _________________________ Dear Matthew, We write from a public library in a very…
North Korean nightmare
Pyongyang, the North Korean capital, is the one point of light in the middle of darkness between South Korea (on the right) and China (on the left) in this recent…
Facebookless friends
It just occurred to me: My three closest male friends are not on Facebook. Two have no accounts whatsoever, and the third has an account that he has never used.…
Resolution update: February 2014
1. Don’t die. I still kick ass at not dying. 2. Lose ten pounds. One pound gained in February. Oops. 3. Do at least 100 push-ups and 100 sit-ups five…
A unicorn and the tendency towards loss aversion result in cleaner teeth and a new idea in behavior management.
The pre-gifting of the stuffed unicorn as a reward for the excellent behavior that we expected from my daughter during her recent dentist appointment was a stroke of genius on…
Man collects Pop Tarts. Pop Tarts turn 50 this week. Man enjoys his 3 minutes of fame.
I’m a huge fan of Pop-Tarts. I almost never buy them because I can’t help but eat the entire box at one time. But I would eat them every day…
I may not be an author yet, but I write like one.
I’ve published three novels since 2009. All three were sold internationally, including the most recent, Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend, which has been translated into 25 languages worldwide and is…
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