Low self confidence makes people annoying
This is probably mean and judgmental, but I also think it’s fairly accurate: If you are offended more than once a month (and even that is a lot), you have…
Confluence of cuteness
What’s cuter? Her little face? The inexplicable butterfly wings? Or the fact that my little one is spending her Saturday morning reading in bed? Little Bo Peep, I think.
My successful evasion of police pursuit
This wiki answers the question: What’s the best way to escape the police in a high-speed chase? The short answer: Don’t. It’s damn near impossible. It did, however, remind me of…
How did you choose your career path? Or did your career path choose you?
Someday I want to write a book that examines how people end up doing the work they do. It’s a topic that has always fascinated me. Few people end up…
Happy Daddy
My wife and daughter met me at the mall tonight for dinner. As Elysha pulled into the parking lot, Clara said, “There's the mall. Daddy's inside. I love he. He…
Same world, different view of police officers
A police car followed me on the way to work yesterday, and as I was driving, it occurred to me how differently I perceive the world in comparison to most…
500 years ago was not that appealing
You have to wonder what someone from the fourteenth or fifteenth century might think if he was to discover that people in the twenty-first century were spending their weekends at…
Martin Cooper kicked Alexander Graham Bell’s ass
One of my favorite people in all of human history is Martin Cooper. Ever heard of him? Cooper was a member of the Motorola team that invented the first cellular…
What the hell was that supposed to mean?
In searching for a story that would fit The Moth’s GrandSlam topic Deal Breakers, I asked a few of my friends to suggest a possible story idea or a general…
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