Disappearing follicles?
One of my former students said that she found a “very old photograph” of me, taken during my first year of teaching, twelve years ago. "You had a lot more…
Resolution update: May 2010
In an effort to achieve my yearly goals, I post my monthly progress here. Below are my sixteen New Year’s resolutions and my progress thus far. 1. Lose seventeen more…
Your child’s birth ain’t news
I have nothing against sending photographs of your children to friends and family. In fact, I think it’s great when someone uses their family photo as a holiday card instead…
Not a T-Rex after all
In response to Phil’s recent comment that my arms resemble that of a T-Rex, a better, more sympathetic friend researched arm length ratios on my behalf. It seems that your…
Lawyer jokes made easy
This is almost too ridiculous to believe. Elysha and I were driving through Hartford on interstate 84 when we saw a billboard advertising Lady DUI, an attorney who specializes in…
Grossest thing ever
This is a topic that recently came up on another blog that I read, and it’s a journal topic that I invite my students to write about each year. Children…
I’m Popeye the Sailor Man. Or a dinosaur.
Playing golf on Thursday, my friends noted that my persistently awful tee shot probably has something to do with my arms. “You have Popeye arms,” one of them said. “What…
My band of real life super heroes
Here is a list of some of my stranger super powers: I haven’t thrown up since the riding on the Music Express at Rocky Point Amusement Park in 1982. I…
In preparation for the summer book tour
This summer, I will be appearing at bookstores throughout New England and New York in order to promote my second book, UNEXPECTEDLY, MILO. Last year I appeared in about two…
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