Resolution update: January 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 January. They…
If you’re going to ask one question in an interview, perhaps it should be, “Tell me about your parents.”
There’s an adage about entrepreneurs that goes like this: The more skin you have in the game, the greater your commitment. In other words, the greater the personal risk that…
Gratitude journal: Visiting the fish
Tonight I am grateful for the enormous aquariums positioned outside The Rainforest Café, a restaurant located in Westfarms Mall in Farmington, CT. My daughter adores those fish. Tonight she specifically…
My goodnight kiss
Oddly enough, the quality of the goodnight kisses from my daughter improves considerably when I am not actually there. Note how Clara blows kisses to me. She hasn’t mastered the…
Close Encounters of the Third Kind: A great movie tragically marred by Steven Spielberg’s failure to engage in unprotected sex.
I’ve been watching Close Encounters of the Third Kind again. I have always thought of this film as flawless. Slate’s Bill Wyman recently watched all of Spielberg's films and rated…
Gratitude journal (with a sprinkle of spite): Fountain soda and NOT COFFEE
Tonight I am grateful for the joy of the unexpected Diet Coke that was delivered to me this afternoon. It was having an especially challenging day at school, mostly the…
A tickle. Not a tissue.
Clara had been in her crib for about fifteen minutes when she began calling for Mommy. Elysha thought that she was asking for a tissue, so she went upstairs to…
I am an upright, though occasionally marginalized, Pacific Islander.
When I am asked to indicate my race on an official form, I almost always check Samoan, or if not available, Other Pacific Islander. If none of these are available,…
Gratitude journal: Many hands thrust Budo and his friends into the light
Tonight I am grateful for the many, many people around the world who are working hard to put my next book, Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend, into readers’ hands. Today…
Skating on linoleum: A future Olympic sport
We are not sure where she learned about ice skating, but she clearly understands a few of the more artistic aspects of the sport, at least when it comes to…
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