Roses are red. Not green.
For all the talk about the importance of local foods and the impact that shipping food from around the world has on the environment, isn’t it time to take a…
Are wives really this rotten?
On Slate’s recent Dear Prudence video podcasts, Emily Yoffe, who plays the role as Prudence, was giving advice to a pregnant woman who was suffering from nausea while at work. …
Unnecessary pages be gone!
When I was a kid, I used to tear out the pages of books as I finished reading each page. Read the page, look at the picture, then tear that…
Not nice. And not Jewish.
I just finished Jennifer Weiner’s book Fly Away Home, which details the story of the wife of a philandering Senator and the impact that an affair like this can have…
My wife kissed a strange man in exchange for fruit and alcohol
Elysha and I spent Sunday at the Patriots game, a glorious 38-24 defeat over the Cincinnati Bengals that featured a kickoff return for a touchdown and an interception returned for…
A little baby becomes a little kid
I write a daily blog directed to my daughter that I began on the day we learned that Elysha was pregnant. Recently, I wrote a post that garnered some attention…
Embodiment of their teacher
As my school year begins, so does the process of preparing for another year of Shakespeare. The preparation for the yearly production is remarkably hard work for me and the…
Go home.
I don’t understand the people who hang out in the gas station convenience stores, lingering by the counter, engaging the employees in mindless, inane chatter between customers. Please tell me…
Bested by Best Western
Sometimes I find myself caught in a moment that could appear in one of my books someday. I’m parked at the Best Western in Troy, New York. I just finished…
A teacher’s recollections of 9/11
I was teaching math to my third grade students when my classroom phone rang around 9:00. It was my ex-wife, calling to tell me that a plane had hit the Word…
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