I was the parent of a teenager, even if some people choose to discount it.
A couple of days ago, I received a phone call from a friend asking for advice about her sick child. The boy was suffering from a lingering fever despite the…
A couple of days ago, I received a phone call from a friend asking for advice about her sick child. The boy was suffering from a lingering fever despite the…
Someone recently told me that watching television shows like The Jersey Shore and The Real Housewives of Wherever makes people “feel better about themselves.” I suggested the same argument could…
I was recently planning on doing the wrong thing, but upon reflection, I decided to do the right thing. And you know what? I’m not happy. That’s the problem with…
Years ago, on the way to Florida, my best friend and I played the “Best of All-Time” game, in which competitors must argue for the best of all time in…
Elmore Leonard posited some writing rules in the New York Times way back in July of 2001, when the towers still stood and water boarding was presumed to be an…
If you are a fan of Something Missing, read this post by Greg Allen. I don’t know the man, but based on his view on rotating dishes, he could be…
A couple of weeks ago, my friend gave birth to a baby daughter. A couple of hours after the delivery, my wife and I sent the happy couple a bouquet.…
Sometimes I encounter a freak who claims that Star Trek is better than Star Wars. While there are many, many ways to refute this utterly ridiculous claim, I like to…
I have to say that the latest quote from AdviceToWriters is spot-on: The use of commas cannot be learned by rule. Not only does conventional practice vary from period to…
Did you hear about the upcoming film Alice in Wonderland? It stars Johnny Depp, reprising his role as Edward Scissorhands in an adaptation of Jack Sparrow’s Willy Wonka. Does this…