Early morning walk in my underwear
It was 3:00 in the morning. I was standing on a stranger’s lawn about a quarter mile from my home. I was wearing a tee-shirt, boxer shorts and no shoes.…
My three year old is attempting to take control of my clothing choices. And succeeding.
My daughter has been sleeping in a bed for some time, but she still insists on being plucked off the bed every morning in a fashion similar to when she…
Sexist? I initially thought so, but now I am not so sure.
A parking lot decorated in pink has been designated for women only at a shopping center in Shijiazhuang, capital city of Hebei Province, China. The lot offers wider parking spaces…
Is is unreasonable to expect my daughter to cure cancer or fly to Mars someday?
Yesterday my wife told me that she has started playing audiobooks in the car for our daughter while Clara simultaneously holds the book and follows along, trying to determine when…
Cardboard boxes rule
The cardboard box was inducted into the Toy Hall of Fame in 2005. The idea of a Toy Hall of Fame is fairly stupid, but if there has to be…
Read Shakespeare and avoid children’s theater
On Saturday night I had the honor of joining nine other authors and audiobook narrators for Books on the Nightstand’s Celebration of Authors. Each of us were asked to speak…
I am not a member of Crystal Method.
I was standing in line at the rental counter in San Jose this weekend, waiting to pick up my car and begin my trip to Santa Cruz. Standing directly behind…
Hop on Pop indeed
Dr. Seuss cheated on his wife, Helen Palmer Geisel, while she was battling cancer and other related illnesses. Then she committed suicide. Less than a year later, Dr. Seuss married…
The dashboard is no place to roll back technology in favor of tradition
My rental car from the weekend, a Chrysler 200, was equipped with only an analog clock in the dashboard, even though the radio mounted directly below the clock had a…
Never doubt a librarian
Apologies to the Denver Public Library for the previous post today. A librarian kindly explained the purpose of the stamp placed upon my orphaned book: The stamp is a quick…
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