Unequal footing and a first peek into St. Martin’s Press
Prior to performing at The Moth last Tuesday, I stopped by at the beautiful Flatiron Building for a meeting with my editor, her assistant and the social media director for…
Elmo says, “Pick me! Pick me!”
When I saw this scene at first, I didn’t think much of it. A bunch of little people standing on a wooden puzzle with a pig positioned just below them…
I hate mulligans
I played golf last week with a guy who has a 3 handicap. For you non-golfers, this means that he is an extremely good player. And by all accounts, he…
Women stick together at every age
My wife recently got a haircut. When she came home, she began talking about it with our two-year old daughter in preparation for her eventual haircut. She said, “Mommy got…
Are writers’ colonies good for writing or simply indulgent escape mechanisms for the undisciplined?
The first two paragraphs from a recent New York Observer column reads thusly: They summer in the colonies, the writers of New York, scattering forth to the hills as the…
Black and invisible
Quick. Name me the last three missing or murdered children who you can think of excluding Caylee Anthony.Done?Okay. How many of those children are not white?And while we’re at it,…
Public marriage proposal: FAIL
I recently wrote about my 5 rules to the successful marriage proposal. Having executed my own successful public proposal, I felt qualified. This proposal is ill advised on so many…
My philosophy of parenting: Ferocity required
I was recently asked by a guy on the golf course to sum up my theory of parenting in "as simple terms as possible." He said that he is always curious…
Teachers need to learn to be publicists, too.
Before you begin reading this, please know that this post reflects the culmination of fifteen years of teaching and does not pertain specifically to anyone who I work with in…
Last night’s Moth audience, courtesy of Dan Kennedy
You can actually see me on the far left in a black and white tee-short, looking decidedly less enthusiastic than the rest.
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