What is my girl thinking?
Here’s the latest scene that my daughter left behind in the living room. I’m not sure how to interpret it. It’s important to note that Super Grover is Clara’s favorite…
The French reverse course after 25 years. Proof that “Better late than never” is not always true.
In 1986 the US bombed Libya in response to the 1986 Berlin discotheque bombing. The discotheque bombing killed three people and injured 229. Germany and the United States obtained cable…
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,…
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