Populating the bathroom with antiques and curiosities
“Don’t mind the dying cat,” my friend, Shep, said after directing me to the bathroom. I peed sitting down. I was afraid to turn my back on the thing.
A sign of tattoos to come?
We like to reward our daughter with stickers because she likes them a lot. Unfortunately, whenever we give her one, she immediately lifts her shirt and sticks it to her…
Poor Jane Eyre. She’s been hungry for a whole 19 hours.
Yesterday I declared Jane Eyre to be a superhero and specifically described her super power: Super powerful nostril and brow identification But all superhero fans know that with almost every…
Not-so-secret secrets to sleep
When people express envy about the fact that I only require about five hours of sleep a night and can often get by with less, I like to say that…
Did you know that Jane Eyre is a superhero? Or perhaps a mutant? Or an alien? Or maybe even a werewolf? But with super powers nonetheless.
It’s been a fine, fine novel so far, but the Victorian obsession with physical description, and more important, the assumptions that one could apparently draw based upon physical characteristics, has…
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…
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