Buffering, procrastination and taunts from the mouth of a babe
While putting my two year old daughter to bed tonight, she said the following things:1. “Peep is buffering, Daddy.”She was watching Peep and the Big Wide World on an iPhone…
My approach to the book tour: Part 2
Yesterday I described the format of my typical book talk. Today I offer a few suggestions on how to guarantee success at a book talk.1. One of the criticisms of…
Our little Nutcracker ballerina
My wife sent me this video to me while I was at the Patriots game on Sunday. It’s adorable, but I spent half the day trying to figure out how…
My approach to the book tour
The Wall Street Journal’s Joanne Kaufman wrote a piece on the way in which bookstores are beginning to rethink the traditional book tour that got a lot of attention in…
Cute Thanksgiving Day photos
This is pure, self-aggrandizing pride in the cuteness and joy of my little girl on Thanksgiving Day. Forgive me.
A reminder that some of the best gifts come in cheap packages. And in some case, the best gifts are actually cheap packaging.
This insightful and amusing post on the five best gifts of all time (stick, box, string, cardboard tube, and dirt) reminds me of a poem that I wrote years ago…
This post-feminist world is confusing to me.
I purchased my Christmas tree last week. We rode a tractor into the hills of a tree farm, and using my bare hands, I tore the tree from the cold…
It’s got everything. Opposition to authority. A First Amendment battle. And the stupidity of the demanded apology.
The story of Emma Sullivan is one of my favorites of the year. Sullivan is the eighteen year old high school student who tweeted that Kansas Governor Sam Brownback "sucked"…
Misery loves no company
Me: Do you want me to cuddle you, Clara? Clara: No, Daddy! I need to cry and be sad! By myself! My daughter is prone to reveling in her own…
Your greatest accomplishments probably mean nothing. Or they only meant something for a moment.
Not all accomplishments are equal, and not all accomplishments are duly recognized for what they are worth. For example, consider the driver’s license examination. When you pass that test and…
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