Zapped!
While I was home alone for four days recently, I was reminded about how much easier it is to die when you live alone. Carrying the dog downstairs one evening,…
Signage for the stupid
Honestly, people… who the hell continues to do this? It must be the same moron, traveling from public restroom to public restroom, dropping paper towel after paper towel into the…
More from The Baby Whisperer
My wife and kids spent the last three days in the Berkshires with the in-laws while I remained stuck in Connecticut for work. As always, my in-laws took remarkable care…
Church of the Holy Penis
Our longtime friends, Charles and Justine, moved to Arizona last week, and I am deeply saddened by their departure. Charles was a professor of physics at the University of Connecticut…
Five favorite quotes
A reader asked me if there were any quotations that served as a source of inspiration for me. While I’m not entirely sure how much inspiration I derive from them,…
The sexually suggestive Mr. Snuffleupagus
We spent the weekend at the in-law’s home in the Berkshires, where my daughter was playing with my wife’s old Fisher-Price Sesame Street Clubhouse, circa 1973. The in-laws throw nothing…
Three unjust presumptions
1. The cold person’s temperature preference always trumps the warm person’s temperature preference. 2. The parent who argues for greater frequency in the bathing of a child assumes unjust moral…
I questioned why there were young children at the Aurora theater, and there was nothing wrong with me doing so.
In a piece entitled Stop Wondering Why There Were Young Children At The Aurora Theater, author Lisa Belkin asks “What is it that led so many people to dwell on…
Psychoanalyzing my Moth GrandSLAM performance
Last Tuesday night I performed at The Moth GrandSLAM, and while I did well, finishing in second place, I also failed to tell my story in the way that I…
Utterly terrifying super power
If my wife had to choose one super power, it would be teleportation. I think this is a brilliant but selfish choice. If you get to choose a super power…
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