Gratitude journal: Frightened daughter
Is it wrong of me to be grateful that the animatronic dinosaurs at the Connecticut Science Center scared the hell out of my daughter, causing her to cling to me…
If you’re looking to buy me something…
It’s a book! And yes, an iPhone charger, too! Two of my favorite things in the world.
I have a very defined sensibility, or I perhaps I’m just a lunatic.
It’s true that I love this video, but I think it’s more telling that it was sent to me by three different people on two different continents within 24 hours…
Anatomy of a book cover
I am very fortunate. I love the designs chosen for both the US and UK editions of Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend. Both are very different, but I like them…
No more home runs. Please. I’m begging you.
Omar Infante hit the first home run by a member of the Miami Marlins at Marlin’s Park yesterday, setting off the stadium’s “home run feature” for the first time. Congratulations,…
Gratitude journal: Books before film
Tonight I am grateful for a wife who, when confronted with an absence of a decent movie at the theater, agrees that a trip to a bookstore tomorrow is at…
“That was the greatest thing I ever saw at school!”
I was standing outside before school, allowing students into the building one class at a time. There were three classes remaining, including my own, when a student asked, “Why do…
Gratitude journal: Firsts
Tonight I am grateful for the many firsts that a child can bring to a parent’s life. As adults, the number of firsts that we experience tend to diminish as…
Traitorous progeny
She’s visiting a farm, populated by at least a dozen different animals, and more importantly, she knows that bees kill me dead. So with all the animals that she could…
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