Here's how I managed to narrowly avoid the cracking of my chest: In the fall of 2011, Elysha and I were having lunch with one of my college friends. It…

A friend recently found himself in the emergency room for a thankfully minor injury. While telling me about his adventure, he said, "That might've been the first time I was…

An update on a previous post about eliminating the distraction of phones in school: School districts across 41 states have spent $2.5 million over the past eight years to buy…

Exciting news! I'm rich! The website allfamousbirthday.com has a page dedicated to me, and the information listed is quite surprising. The website accurately lists my educational background, birthday, place of…

For the record, this New York Times story from 2009 on famed news anchor Walter Cronkite, known for his adherence to the facts, is comprised of exactly 1,000 words. The…

The reason why I don't like Wes Anderson films is a simple one: I want to forget that I'm watching a movie. I want to get lost in the story.…

Thin-skinned monsters roam the Earth. They are the kind of people who fall apart at the slightest criticism. Can't make fun of themselves. Can't stand being the butt of any…

Every month, I report the progress of my yearly goals to monitor progress (or the lack thereof) and hold myself accountable.   The following are the results from January 2024.…

One of my students said that I'm "a wretched man with lifeless eyes." Later that day, I told Clara what my student said. Her response: "Only sometimes." Children are terrible.

Last week, I posted my lessons learned after 15 years of parenting. Today, I'll add this (upon request from the parent of a newborn and a pregnant mother): The Three…