Stop counting words
I would like to offer an unsolicited, probably unwanted piece of advice to many of the writers who I meet in real life and especially on Twitter: Stop counting words.…
Overwhelming evidence of insanity
I am not the first person to question out-of-context quotations. Having been victimized by the deliberate mis-characterization and outright altering of written statements, I know how easy it is to…
TV can be as healthy as carrots and jumping jacks
A reader pointed me to a list of 5 ways to make watching television more active. I was happy to see that I do three of these already: 1. Watch…
The office jerk. Death by television. The curse of the agreeable worker. All good news for me.
Three recent studies that bode exceedingly well for me, and perhaps for you. Study #1 Research published in the Journal of Organizational Behavior found that people who are regularly stressed out…
Author Laurie Halse Anderson and I have eerily similar mindsets. Except I think the universe wants me dead.
Author Laurie Halse Anderson, at a recent SCBWI conference, spoke to would-be writers about what she called Attitudes You Want to Grow in Your Soul. The title is a little…
I am a small and insignificant person by comparison
It’s important, I think, to reflect back on your accomplishments from time to time as a means of motivating yourself for future success. It’s easy to forget the hurdles you…
Please don’t taint our trashy brand name with your douchebaggery
Abercrombie & Fitch is hardly a store that I hold in high esteem. I could list the number of discrimination lawsuits that the company has lost in the past decade,…
Anne Hathaway rapping as Lil’ Wayne
One of the ways that I can tell that something is great is if I think my wife will love it. With the exception of Oprah, her taste in all…
“Mother may I, Mr. Brady?”
From Mike Reiss’s piece on the Patriots preseason victory last night: "The thing that New England does just as well as anybody is their tempo. When you have a quarterback…
In need of a new theme song
I need a new theme song. My first, from several years back, was Simon and Garfunkel's I Am a Rock. It was a time in my life when I was…
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