Mental Floss lists 11 Really Terrible 19th-Century Beauty Tips. They include: Bathe in ammonia. Don’t wash your face, hands, or hair. Dash soap suds into your eyes to keep them…
On the future of publishing, I want to be on the record that my wife and I are doing our jobs to ensure future readers exist.
To hold myself accountable, I post my progress on my yearly goals at the end of each month on this blog. The following are the results through February. 1. Don’t…
On Sunday night, my wife turned on the television half an hour before the Academy Awards to watch the red-carpet fashion. Less than two minutes later she turned it off.…
As much as I love The Moth, the drive into the city immediately after work is never easy for me. I don’t get a chance to see my family, and…
Two years ago, I spoke at a nursing home about my most recent novel. I take any gig that I can get. In a sparsely furnished basement room, standing in…
My last name has not always been the easiest thing to live with. It’s led to teasing, the occasional crass joke, and even a smattering of confusion when people on…
Do violent video games result in an increased level of violence among young people? It's easy to say yes. It seems to make sense. It lets us direct our efforts…
A piece by Drake Baer in Fast Company entitled Slacking At Work Is A Controversial Productivity Tool--So Is There A Better Way? opens with this sentence: More and more of…
