The problem with Slate’s Double X Gabfest
I realize that this will apply to a tiny subset of my audience, but I have to put it out there: I can’t stand Slate’s Double X Gabfest. Not that…
“Sticks and stones” does not apply in Italy
If I were an Italian man, I would attempt to put an end to this immediately: An Italian court just ruled that insulting a man by telling him he has…
Why didn’t anyone tell me that all these women were having sex in front of me?
I’m not sure which part of this column is more stupid: The part where L.G. from Phoenix asks if it is appropriate for her sister to be reading "Fifty Shades…
A surprising response to my request that women stop wearing makeup
Yesterday I wrote a post that essentially criticized women for wearing makeup. I knew that I might be stepping into a hornet’s nest with my comments, but I felt strongly…
Foreign editions have arrived!
The Greek, Spanish, Catalan and large print UK versions of MEMOIRS OF AN IMAGINARY FRIEND arrived today. Just three more weeks until the US version hits the bookshelves. While the…
Resolution update: July 2012
In an effort to hold myself accountable to my yearly goals, I post the progress made at the end of each month. I’ve now passed the halfway point of the…
No makeup, ladies. Please?
On an objective, logical, and unbiased level, can we all please agree that it is twisted and bizarre that men spend every moment of their public lives without a spot…
2012: Products I can’t live without
Back in 2010, inspired by lists created by tech geeks like Michael Arrington and Kevin Rose, I created a list of products I could not live without. Today I present…
I can totally picture that in my head.
The following descriptions can be found in Oliver Sacks’ THE MAN WHO MISTOOK HIS WIFE FOR A HAT AND OTHER CLINICAL TALES. They describe a man who awoke one morning…
Parenting is supposed to make you sad, frightened and neurotic. Don’t make your kids suffer by mitigating the pain.
When I was a boy, I spent much of my summer at a Camp Yawgoog, a Boy Scout camp in Rockville, Rhode Island. My troop would spend a week at…
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