My advice: Listen to The Diary of Anne Frank on a 1995 Sony Walkman
The first time I read The Diary of Anne Frank, I listened to the audiobook on a Sony Walkman. It was 1995, and the recording was on cassette tape. This…
I don’t love Star Trek, but this most recent Star Trek TELEVISION SHOW is amazing.
I have never been a huge Star Trek fan. The writers of Star Trek had the entire universe at their fingertips, and yet again and again they placed their characters…
Unfair assumption #11: People who tell you that a tomato is actually a fruit are actually some of the most pedantic and annoying people on the planet.
People who tell you that a tomato is actually a fruit and a banana is actually a berry are actually some of the most boring, pedantic and annoying people on…
The Moth: Two Fathers
The following is a story that I told at a Moth StorySLAM at The New School in New York City in March of this year. The theme of the night…
107 Federal Street update
As you may know, my sister and I write a blog called 107 Federal Street (named after the address of our childhood home) where we attempt to recover and discuss…
Love me a drive-in movie
It’s the 80th anniversary of the drive-in movie theater. From LIFE magazine: It’s been 80 years since a New Jersey auto-parts store manager named Richard Hollingshead Jr. hit upon the…
Placing an engagement ring in food is stupid.
Last week comedian and podcast host Marc Maron proposed to his girlfriend by hiding the engagement ring in a stack of pancakes. I do not understand the decision to conceal…
Chessboxing is an actual thing. If only it had been a thing in 1988.
I am a founding member of the Blackstone Millville Regional Junior Senior High School chess club.Quite an accomplishment.I checked with my alma mater. The chess club no longer exists. Honestly,…
The Moth: Parental Love in Absentia
The following is a story that I told at a Moth StorySLAM at The Bitter End in New York City in December of 2012. The theme of the night was…
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