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…
I would not have handled this situation nearly as well
For those of you not following the publishing industry closely, this is a good and amusing summary of the recent debacle involving the National Book Awards. I must admit: Had…
It’s 6:00 on a Saturday morning. Are you awake?
It’s Saturday morning. I am sitting at my computer, writing. It’s 6:00 AM. I have awake for more than an hour. The dog has been walked. The dishwasher has been …
Not nice
My daughter has begun to demonstrate some of the defiance that is common in toddlers her age. One of the ways this manifests is in her rejection of all things,…
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