Unluckiest and luckiest
Twitter is an odd place where you can see what people are saying about you simply by looking at your mentions. Most of the time, this amounts to someone saying…
It never gets any less exciting
Look what showed up at my house yesterday! Ordinarily, the opening of the envelope or box containing the first copy of my new book is a big deal in our…
How many of these things have you done?
I've done 32 out of 50. Most of my misses are related to locations where I have not yet traveled. Also, for the record, I have no desire to fly…
Dunning Kruger Effect illustrated
If you believe in the paradigm illustrated here, (also known as the Dunning-Kruger Effect), it doesn't take long to separate the informed from the uninformed. Possibly the smart from the…
Poop
Charlie despises swearing. He can't stand graffiti. He is an aggressive rule follower, which can really annoy me at times. But while playing golf the other day, we sat on…
“The Velocipastor” is a bad movie but a great story
I asked my student how he spent this weekend. He told me that it saw the film The Velocipastor. I thought I heard him wrong, but no, The Velocipastor is…
Naming a business is a tricky business
I'm quite certain that Acme Music in Cheshire, CT is a brilliantly operated business, but there was a moment when someone chose this name, and I can't help but think…
Our Harry Potter journey
I've made some outstanding parental decisions in my time: Marrying Elysha was probably the best. If you want to have outstanding children, marry an outstanding person. It's no guarantee that…
Don’t roll your eyes at me. For your own sake.
It's 6:30 AM on a Thursday. I've just requesting cash from an ATM inside my local grocery store. It might be the first time I've used an ATM in years.…
Best rugby player ever
In case you haven't seen this 42 second video yet, this is the parental dream. An uncommonly brilliant child would be great. A tenacious, relentless, persistent child would be fantastic.…
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