Standing up! First time!
The big guy pulled himself up for the first time last week. Part of me was so damn proud of him. A bigger part of me wanted to knock him…
I’m back.
Sorry, dear reader, for my recent absence. Rest assured, it was due to a lack of ideas, two days of oversleeping, or even death. I mention the death part because…
I invited Bill Clinton and Oprah to our wedding. Their response was not surprising.
Last week, student Kirsten Bledsoe asked actress Mila Kunis to be her date for her college cotillion via YouTube. She is still waiting for a response. When Elysha and I…
The bogeyman goes straight. But he’s still a bogeyman to me.
Two years ago I wrote about the Blackstone Valley sniper on this blog. In a post entitled Childhood Bogeyman Returns, I wrote: When I was a kid, my town and…
Two favorite songs? Is that even possible?
A client for an upcoming wedding told me that his mother’s two favorite songs are The Isley Brothers’ " Twist and Shout and Bob Dylan’s Forever Young. Two songs. I…
I was forced to parent like a lunatic for a night. It wasn’t pretty.
On Friday night we spent the night in New York City at a friend’s apartment. They are vacationing in Florida and were kind enough to let us stay at their…
Mommy and Charlie clapping
It’s the simple things, like watching my son and wife clap, that I will try to hold onto in my mind as long as I can.
Competitive, creative to-do listing: Which do you think is best?
I used to think that this to-do list was the best ever. In response, I made a series of my own creative to-do lists. The first one was good. The…
The birth of Something Missing: Aimee Mann’s theory on creativity matches my own perfectly
On a recent podcast, musician Aimee Mann said, “Being stuck in one place and bored out of your mind is the key to creativity.” I couldn’t agree more. My writing…
Multitasking gone bad
I play tag with my daughter almost every night. It’s her favorite game. Other than the fact that she still believes the person who is “It” is the one being…
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