We should constantly be looking to reinvent the wheel
“Why reinvent the wheel?” Whenever I hear this question (which is a lot), my response is always the same: “My wheel will be better.” “Why reinvent the wheel?” asks us…
Microsoft can even ruin the bra.
When it comes to my computer, I’m not an Apple guy. I don’t like to engage in long, heartfelt conversations about my laptop, which seems necessary if I were to…
Bill named the Bills.
Yesterday I wrote about the oddity of The Cleveland Browns name and their mascot (after my wife pointed it out to me). Today I highlight one more odd National Football…
My wife is right. A pantone chip would’ve been a better mascot for the Cleveland Browns.
The Patriots play the Cleveland Browns today. I mentioned this to my wife last night. She said, “The Browns? I’ve never heard of them. What a stupid name.” I was…
There’s no such thing as bunny vomit
I’ve just learned that rabbits can’t vomit. I haven’t vomited since a ride on the Music Express at Rocky Point Amusement Park in 1983. Maybe I’m a rabbit. Or maybe…
I miss the brontosaurus.
My four year-old daughter and I were reading Jane Yolen’s How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight for the first time. One each page of these books, Yolen hides the dinosaur’s name…
The gift of a sibling (and the stupidity of a father)
Our children are getting old enough to play together. Charlie has started walking, and Clara is incredibly tolerant of him. She doesn’t always love the way he intrudes on her…
My words travel. I don’t.
Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend recently published in France under a different title, and since then, readers have been sending me images like this: I can’t tell you how unbelievable…
Every death in A Song of Ice and Fire, displayed in rainbow-like horror
I have yet to begin reading the Game of Thrones series (actually called A Song of Fire and Ice). I’m watching it on HBO, but I’m afraid to begin reading…
That water was inside another person
Did you know that most of the water you drink has already been drunk by somebody else, human or animal, possibly several times over. I kind of want to tell…
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