My daughter calls this The Waddle Waddle Dance. I love her new dance, but there is no way that her grandfather taught her this dance, despite her attribution at the…
A Russian man faked his own death in order to propose to his girlfriend. Alexey Bykov hired a filmmaker, makeup artists, and stuntmen to create an elaborate car-crash scene, then…
It occurred to me that my three closest male friends all have the following in common: They have no Facebook accounts. Two have no account whatsoever, and the third has…
I stepped into our bedroom to inform my wife that I was heading to the gym. This is what I found: A couple of interesting things about this photograph: When…
The Millions recently ran a piece titled Judging Books by Their Covers 2013: U.S. vs. U.K. that compares book covers in the United States with their literary counterparts in the United Kingdom. It’s…
I don’t ski. Years ago, a doctor told me to avoid skiing because of cartilage tears in both knees. While I often cite this as the reason I don't ski,…
My wife gave me tickets to "American Idiot," the theatrical adaptation of Green Day’s rock opera of the same name, for my birthday. Coincidentally, a friend who shares my birthday…
My friend (who is under 30 and lives in Brooklyn) called me a “42-year-old hipster” in his happy birthday greeting yesterday. I don’t think I’ve ever felt so complimented and…
The Wall Street Journal published a story last week entitled The Nerve-Racking, Soul-Searching, Exhilarating Process of Shopping for a Handbag, that I sort of find unbelievable and tragic. In fact,…