When you are supposed to like it
I listen to Sam Tanenhaus’s New York Times Book Review podcast every week, and as much as you can know a man though a podcast (I also read his biography…
I listen to Sam Tanenhaus’s New York Times Book Review podcast every week, and as much as you can know a man though a podcast (I also read his biography…
Would I still think this is brilliant if I didn’t spend about ten minutes every morning watching Sesame Street with my daughter? I think so. Cookie Monster hosts SNL
Perhaps it should be everyone’s goal to one day be the subject of a Chia Pet sculpture. I’ve added it to my list. Seriously.
A new book entitled OK: The Improbable Story of America’s Greatest Word, leads me to ask: Which do you prefer? OK? O.K.? Okay? I’m an okay man, myself. I like…
Albert Einstein once said that the definition insanity is “doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” Benjamin Franklin and Rita Mae Brown are often credited…
I know it doesn’t make for great reading, but let me brag about my wife for just a moment. This weekend was quite busy for me. On Saturday Elysha, Clara…
I am off to the Patriots game today, an almost all-day affair in which we will spend the afternoon watching the first game on a television mounted in the back…
Regular readers of this blog will know that I can be critical of religion at times, especially when religious belief creeps into the public domain, threatens the separation of church…
I have six shirts with this message or a message similar to this: They were given to me as gifts by friends and relatives over the past few years, and…
Talk about burying the lead. New York Times columnist John Tierney reports on a Harvard study that found that a focused, attentive mind results in significantly greater happiness than daydreaming.…