The lifespan of “Leaving on a Jet Plan”
Making stuff is a circuitous and oftentimes unpredictable route. Doing the work, every day, again and again, when the outcome is uncertain and unknowable and seemingly impossible, is most important.…
Teachers, this is our time…
My fellow teachers: I would like to humbly suggest that given the massive teacher shortages that school districts are experiencing around the country, we must recognize that our value to…
The proper response to a bad handshake
Earlier this year, a man reached to shake my hand after I congratulated him on winning a storytelling competition. As his hand clasped mine, he squeezed much harder than was…
Pivoting toward Lizzo
Elysha and I were discussing marriages wherein one spouse takes a sudden turn towards the ultra-orthodox version of their religion, oftentimes attempting to impose new rules and patriarchal gender roles…
“I’m too old for pronouns.”
I was speaking to someone who told me that he was "too old" for the changes in the way we use pronouns to treat people respectfully. I felt bad for…
Shortcomings and Flaws: 2022
More than a decade ago, a reader accused me of being materialistic after I wrote about my lack of a favorite number, specifically criticizing me for saying that when it…
Happy Charlie
Sometimes I stare at these photos of Charlie, cracking up during a game of cards, and remind myself that I should constantly, relentlessly, incessantly be seeking this level of joy…
Make some enemies
Clara started reading a new book today. The first page contained an epigraph. She read it aloud: "You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in…
Incrementalism is real
I agree wholeheartedly with Truth Potato. A little bit of progress, made each day, amounts to something enormous over time. This is known as incrementalism. I wrote about it in…
Dominos Pizza vs. The Catholic Church
Back in 2009, Domino’s Pizza's new president, Patrick Doyle, publicly announced in a commercial that his pizza sucked. He acknowledged that the Domino’s pizza of old simply was not very…
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