Disabling a natural phenomenon 15,000 years in the making
In the White Mountains of New Hampshire, at the bottom of a beautiful waterfall, you will find The Basin, a granite pothole twenty feet in diameter. It is believed to…
Should the words said by a character in a work of fiction be attributed to the author?
I was quoted again on Twitter this week. From Unexpectedly, Milo came this quote: There are no incomprehensible women. Only ignorant men. And while this is indeed a line from the…
Deserving of death
Perhaps my vegan friends can leave the poor, defenseless plants alone and eat this instead, as Slate’s Nathan Thornburgh suggests. Do the world a favor and help eliminate an invasive…
Daddy and a writer in that order
My daughter has a keen knack for understanding and remembering names and relationships. When asked to name a child’s parents, she can often tell you the parent’s first names. She…
This parenting stuff is easy
My daughter is now two years and two months old. I have yet to install a car seat in my car, nor have we ever moved the car seat from…
Undies in the mail
I’ve been working on a blog post dealing with productivity and efficiency for the past several days, but it has grown so long that it might make a better book.…
Exclamation points say so much about a person
Cut out all those exclamation points. An exclamation point is like laughing at your own jokes. —F. Scott Fitzgerald This is a hard lesson to teach to ten-year old writers,…
Broken baby
I was playing with my daughter on Sunday, and I think I broke her. While flying her around the kitchen, she landed funny on her leg and began crying. While…
My wife will just about anything to expand my daughter’s palate
For a man who despises broccoli, this whole incident was downright frightening. Cooler heads finally prevailed:
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