My obituary and eulogy instructions
In the off-chance that I die someday (an unlikely occurrence considering my super powers), I would like my obituary written and my eulogy spoken in the present tense. Nothing at…
Blue Stripy is my favorite pair of underwear. What’s yours?
Am I the only one who thinks it odd that our underwear drawers are filled with underwear of varying types, styles and appearances? This morning, I put on my favorite…
The mystery of net carbs, the most redundant name in human history and inexplicable online gaming, all in a bottle of 4C iced tea
In our recent pantry purge, I found this container of 4C iced tea mix. Note that the packaging indicates that contains 4 grams of net carbs per serving. Net carbs?…
Harry Potter wants my wife
I don’t like the advertising slogan for the new Harry Potter film one bit. IT ALL ENDS. 7.15 My wedding anniversary is July 15. I keep expecting Daniel Radcliff…
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,…
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