Lessons from my third Moth victory
On Thursday night I was fortunate enough to win my third Moth StorySLAM of my storytelling career at The Bitter End in New York City. The theme of the night…
Black and gross
My daughter told me that she was asked to try “gross food” at school today. “Gross food, Daddy. Black food. Black, gross food. Black and gross.” I was admittedly concerned…
My most useless super power
In addition to my fairly useful super powers is one that is no less extraordinary but useless. Whenever I wake up in the middle of the night, for whatever reason,…
Woodstock’s quandary
Is Woodstock a figure of adoration or a bird in a hell of a lot of trouble? My daughter refused to explain.
Food Nazis
In the post recent post on our brother-sister blog, 107 Federal Street, Kelli Elizabeth writes about living under the culinary version of the Third Reich.
Fat employees receive fewer benefits at Whole Foods
There are a lot of problems with Whole Foods’ policy of awarding larger discounts to employees with lower blood pressure, cholesterol and BMI. There is the issue of privacy, of…
Charlie Brown’s close encounter
My three-year old daughter is playing in the other room. I just heard her say, "Charlie Brown, take me to your leader." Snoopy? Lucy? Charles Schultz?
Strangest Christmas behavior ever. Right?
It’s 9:00 AM on Christmas morning. Things are not going as expected. After opening a few presents, including three books I had to read aloud before we could continue unwrapping,…
First peas
I do not like peas. As a child, I despised them. Before being introduced to broccoli, peas were my least favorite food. My mother used to require me to eat…
A tree is dead. A little girl whispers to the survivors. A family rejoices with chocolate.
Our annual Christmas tree hunt was a huge success. One dead evergreen and an afternoon of fun. We began our adventure by ensuring that Charlie was dressed for a possible…
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