Ted Gioia, on his Substack The Honest Broker, lists his "8 best techniques for evaluating character." It's a good list. My only strong disagreement is with his first one: 1.…

Women can now swim topless in swimming pools in Berlin, Germany.  News outlets around the world widely reported on this development in one city in Germany, probably because a story…

A new review of Someday Is Today: 22 Simple, Actionable Ways to Propel Your Creative Life caught my eye because of the choice of adjectives used to describe me. Written…

As an elementary school teacher for 24 years, I have been asked for the spelling of a word thousands, of times. Every time I have been asked -- without exception…

I asked a friend - via text message - if he wanted to join my standup partner and me for an upcoming open mic night. He said he'd think about…

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

My grandparents, Al and Irene Mandeville, who their grandchildren referred to as Mémère and Pépère (always in that order), were married 80 years ago last week. The date was March…

Author Elee Reeves wrote a children’s book about a turtle that explores the state of Mississippi. The initial print run was paid for by a national foster care foundation. $28,500…

This week, on NPR's radio show "Wait Wait Don't Tell Me," host Peter Sagal mentioned that people are now subscribing to a theory that lobster doesn't objectively taste good. "Now…