Has the pie-in-the-window cliché ever been put into practice? Even once?
Has any pie, in all of human history, actually been placed on a window sill to cool? And if so, why? The narrowness of an average window sill alone should…
Resolution update: February 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 February. Still…
Gratitude journal: Dr. Seuss
Tonight I am grateful to Dr. Seuss for bringing this extreme level of joy to my daughter. Frankly, I think the book is kind of stupid, but Clara loves it…
Long lost ex-step-siblings and reincarnated brothers
My sister's recent Facebook post captures the essence of dysfunction that consumes my family perfectly: So my ex-step-brother, who I haven't seen since our parents divorced when I was seventeen, friended and…
Pole vaulting, mailbox baseball and going to the prom are just a few of my ideas.
I was a pole vaulter in high school, and a fairly good one at that. I was a district champion my junior year, but my senior season was wiped out…
Gratitude journal: Lunch with a pretty girl
Tonight I am grateful for the opportunity to eat lunch with my wife. Elysha and I work together in the same school, and a few times a week, our lunch…
International pub day for Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend
It’s pub day for Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend in places well outside my immediate reach: The UK, Australia and New Zealand. While it’s a thrilling day for me, it’s…
My disrespect for a life of leisure is unfortunate but real. Also supported by one of America’s greatest statesmen.
A friend read this yesterday and thought of me. It’s a fitting quote: "Determine never to be idle. It is wonderful how much may be done if we are always…
Gratitude journal: The unplanned, unexpected, spontaneous nap
An early dismissal from daycare because of snow convinced my wife that there would be no afternoon nap today. And 99 out of 100 days, this would be true. Then…
Another Starbucks zombie reject
A few readers were kind enough to send me this clip of another man, albeit fictional, refusing to be a Starbucks zombie. He pulls it off considerably better than I…
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