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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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,…
I was playing with my daughter on Sunday, and I think I broke her. While flying her around the kitchen, she landed funny on her leg and began crying. While…
For a man who despises broccoli, this whole incident was downright frightening. Cooler heads finally prevailed:
This page from Dr. Seuss’s ABC Amazing Alphabet Book scared the hell out of my daughter. She stared at the baby in the barber's chair, with the enormous pair of…
My brother-in-law owned this pair of Gucci sneakers, which, as far as I can tell, retail for about $500. I was hoping to tease him about the sneakers for the…