Author Nichole Berneir tweeted the following last week: One thing that made a tremendous difference in my productivity & happiness a year ago: Instead of fighting insomnia, get up and…
A piece by Abby Ellin in the Times discusses the reaction of some people when a guest fails to give them a wedding gift. Ellin writes: In the hierarchy of…
I was recently speaking to a former classmate, and she told me that her most vivid recollection of me was the time I extracted a piece of windshield glass from…
Three years ago, I wrote a post about a cruel prank that I wanted to play on my children someday involving a Christmas present and a lesson about remembering the…
“I never said I was perfect.” Criticizing someone does not imply that you are questioning their level of perfection. Discard this platitude like the piece of trash it is. Besides,…
Best moment of the week for me was when the mother of a former student informed me that her daughter had gotten herself into trouble in math class. When caught…
There was a time in my life when I was homeless. I lived in my car and was unemployed. While this was primarily the result of being arrested and tired…
My two kids, ready for trick-or-treating tonight! Clara is a fairy princess, and Charlie is Max from Where the Wild Things Are, in a costume that my wife made specifically…
