Every month, I record my progress toward my yearly goals to hold myself accountable and, occasionally, seek help and advice from readers willing to offer insight, ideas, and solutions. Here…

Do you have access to the computer of an ICE apologist, white supremacist, right-wing zealot, or MAGA cultist? I have good news. A new font has been designed just for…

This is a fascinating and slightly addictive game that seems simple but is surprisingly challenging: Look at a color for a short time, then match that color. It's much harder…

A new study analyzed 200,000 video segments from over 2,000 TED talks to determine the impact that hand gestures had on audience reaction. I get asked about what people should do…

A comment was left on my blog this week in response to a post I had written almost a decade ago about how superintendents of school districts make snow-day decisions…

Last year, I bought stock in the company Crocs. I hate these shoes so much. They are the physical embodiment, at least in my mind, of giving up. Surrendering to…

A reader sent this lip syn battle between Emily Blunt and Anne Hathaway, thinking I would like it, and she wasn't wrong. But she was wrong about why I liked…

Ten years ago, I spent a week backing into parking lots to determine if this ludicrous move made any sense. Then I wrote about it on my blog. You can…

The Trump administration released its latest bit of stupidity: A cartoon lump of coal, complete with giant eyes and yellow mining garb, called Coalie. The administration’s new mascot was first…

More than a decade ago, I proposed a new job idea: Professional best man. It remains a role that I am waiting to fill, and I may finally have the…