Author Patricia Highsmith, in her journal on December 31, 1947 2:30 A.M. My New Year’s Toast: To all the devils, lusts, passions, greeds, envies, loves, hates, strange desires, enemies ghostly…

Happy birthday to my beautiful wife, Elysha. It wasn't exactly a spectacular birthday. I spent about eight hours in an Elk's Lodge watching Charlie compete in his very first speed-cubing…

There's been a lot of talk around Hollywood about nepo babies. Nepo baby, short for nepotism baby, are the children of celebrities who have succeeded in careers similar to those…

A good rule of thumb: Whenever something is taken away from students - field trips, clubs, learning opportunities, athletic events, assemblies, technology, traditions, supplies, time for play, or anything else…

Someone fairly well-known said something remarkably complimentary about me sometime last month. It was one of the best things that could ever be said about me as a teacher or…

I am terrible at identifying types of things. It's probably my lack of attention to detail, but it's also ridiculous. I honestly can't identify so many specific types of things…

At the beginning of every year, I establish a list of goals (or New Year’s resolutions) for the coming calendar year. I post this list on my blog and social…

At the end of each month, and now at the end of the year, I report on the progress of my New Year's resolutions (or lack thereof). Overall, I completed…

On the eve of a new year, I am reminded of something a student once told me about celebrating New Year's Eve at home with his family: "Boy, was my…

Sometimes, the universe does you a solid. On Thursday evening, I took Charlie to his very first Celtics game at the Garden. The Celtics were playing the Pistons, which promised…