Gratitude journal: Exceptionally practical friends who understand that brevity is the soul of wit
Tonight I am grateful for the infinitesimal amount of time I spend on the phone thanks to my friends who also have no desire to use this device on a…
The future is apparently now. Jetsons-styled food is almost here. Ice cream, however, remains a problem.
I used to think that the greatest failing of the modern world is our inability to invent a Jetsons-like push-button food machine. I was wrong. Apparently we are a lot closer…
No one tried to kill me last night. For a change.
I had a dream last night that my friend, Charles (who is a physicist), and I were attempting to disprove Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle. Just before I awoke, Charles declared that…
Gratitude journal: An abundance of ideas
Tonight I am thankful for the many ideas I have for future books. My agent has told me many times that I am fortunate to be able to generate so…
Has the pie-in-the-window cliché ever been put into practice? Even once?
Has any pie, in all of human history, actually been placed on a window sill to cool? And if so, why? The narrowness of an average window sill alone should…
Resolution update: February 2012
In an effort to hold myself accountable to my yearly goals, I post the monthly progress made at the end of each month. Here are the results for February. Still…
Gratitude journal: Dr. Seuss
Tonight I am grateful to Dr. Seuss for bringing this extreme level of joy to my daughter. Frankly, I think the book is kind of stupid, but Clara loves it…
Long lost ex-step-siblings and reincarnated brothers
My sister's recent Facebook post captures the essence of dysfunction that consumes my family perfectly: So my ex-step-brother, who I haven't seen since our parents divorced when I was seventeen, friended and…
Pole vaulting, mailbox baseball and going to the prom are just a few of my ideas.
I was a pole vaulter in high school, and a fairly good one at that. I was a district champion my junior year, but my senior season was wiped out…
Gratitude journal: Lunch with a pretty girl
Tonight I am grateful for the opportunity to eat lunch with my wife. Elysha and I work together in the same school, and a few times a week, our lunch…
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