The University of London’s Institute of Education Children has released a study showing that reading for pleasure can “significantly” improve a child’s school performance. As a teacher, I can tell…
I missed the Patriots home opener against the Jets on Thursday night because of a poorly timed Open House at my school. It was the first home opener that I’ve…
As the father of a four year-old daughter, this scares the hell out of me.
I can’t remember who sent this to me, but I couldn’t agree more. I weighed 255 pounds when my wife got pregnant with our daughter in 2008. After finding out…
As promised, I attempted to gain access to BeautifulPeople.com over the Labor Day weekend, hoping that the members of the social network feel slightly more charitable than the last time…
Mental Floss ‘s 11 Fashions the Kids Were Wearing Back in 1993 is full of amusing and nostalgic images of fashion from 20 years ago, but one imagine in particular…
Exciting news! One of the stories that I told onstage for The Moth’s GrandSLAM championship last year has been chosen for The Moth Radio Hour this week. It will be…
On Friday night I will be telling a story at the Mark Twain House for The Mouth, a Hartford-based storytelling series. The story will include a mention of Monty Python…
My wife posted this to Facebook a couple days ago. I was thrilled at the time, but the more I’ve thought about it over the past couple days, the more…
ESPN's "This Is SportsCenter" is among the handful of classic sports ad campaigns of all time. Launched in 1995 by Wieden and Kennedy, the campaign—originally inspired by the mockumentary This…