A few updates on recent posts: Last week I wrote about Paul McCartney’s recent decision to absolve Yoko Ono of any responsibility for the Beatles breakup, referring to him as…
There a line in the rock opera, Rent, in which a character introduces herself by saying, “They call me Mimi.” I kind of like that. Do you think I could…
On Saturday I ran into Nicole, a woman who from New Hampshire who I met two years ago at a literary retreat in Vermont. Since meeting, we have gotten to…
It’s not uncommon for my daughter to demand a cuddle when she is upset. In fact, it’s quite common. A cuddle is one of the two most frequently used strategies…
People who back into parking spots are at best irrational and more likely insane. This might be the least unfair of the assumptions that I have written about so far.
Men who own ferrets are immature and likely unemployable. I have no such assumptions about women who own ferrets, probably because I have never met a woman who owned a…
I’m allergic to bees. They have killed me once already. As a result, I avoid them at all costs. Sometimes people will tell me to sit still and relax when…
My wife, Elysha, runs into Starbucks while I wait in the car with the kids. She’s gone for less than five minutes. When she returns, she has a coffee in…
Have you heard? It wasn’t Yoko’s fault after all. From The Daily Beast: Paul McCartney absolves John Lennon’s widow of any blame in the break up of the Beatles in…
In order from right to left, my daughter identified these cardboard cutouts as a ballerina, bones (not bad), a baseball player (close enough for a toddler), a witch and a…