My wife’s only parenting blunder involves the potentially hazardous use of scissors.
My wife is quite nearly a perfect mother. She worries a little more than necessary, but this seems to be a prerequisite for mothering, and her car is littered with…
The old man is not a choreographer or dance instructor, regardless of what my daughter would have you believe.
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…
Faking your own death as part of the proposal? Exchanging vows via Twitter? Strange, but still better than this.
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…
No social media. No bling. Just friends.
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…
Not three. Look closely. Five.
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…
USA versus UK
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…
Three reasons I don’t ski. I also avoid cocaine and Angry Birds for similar reasons.
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,…
Based upon this year’s birthday gifts, I’m much more mature than I was two years ago.
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…
Thanks. Ouch.
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…
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