Best gift ever
One of my students asked me what the best gift I ever received was. I had many choices. Elysha bought me a TiVo several years ago, which I have enjoyed…
I’m afraid that I will someday be an unwanted wedding guest
Yesterday friends of mine attended the wedding of their friend’s daughter. While it was nice of them to go and certainly an honor to be invited, I suddenly find myself…
More on shoe removal
The Internet is a pretty astounding place. Earlier this week I wrote a post about homeowners asking guests to remove their shoes. I said that I found this to be…
A tale of two weddings
My wife and I attended two very different weddings last weekend. The wedding where I worked as a minister and a DJ took place in Simsbury. The ceremony was held…
Look under the back panties
I convinced my friend’s four-year old twin boys that she had hidden their driver’s licenses in her underwear drawer under her black panties (because all four-year olds have driver’s licenses…
She is much too thin
This past week I heard no less than four women complain about another woman being too thin. They reminded me of New Yorker writer Ariel Levy mentioning Cindy McCain’s size…
The phone sucks. Voice mail is slightly more palatable, and now, it’s easily accessible.
I despise the phone. In a recent survey of incoming calls to my phone (26 in all over a period of eight days), more than half of these calls were…
No more neckties
I often think of tradition in terms of aliens. If aliens landed on the planet right now, what would they think of the activities in which we are now engaged?…
It’s your house and your rules, but I don’t have to like them.
Slate’s Emily Yoffe offers advice to a woman who would like visitors to remove their shoes upon entering her home. In the words of the advice-seeker: “How do I let…
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