Customers have recently been accusing Chipotle of skimping on food portions and have started a trend of filming Chipotle employees as they built out their burrito orders in an effort to get larger scoops. The…

For the past year, I’ve had the honor of working with the FBI’s hostage negotiation unit, teaching them to tell better stories and deploy some of my communication strategies in order to help them resolve…

Father’s Day. Charlie and I are playing golf. He’s played maybe a dozen times and is starting to get serious about the game. He’s hitting the ball consistently, asking good questions, choosing clubs wisely, and…

Elysha, Charlie, a friend, and I went to see “Tommy” – the Tony Award-winning musical based on The WHo’s 1969 album of the same name –  on Broadway on Saturday. Clara is away at camp,…

A couple of weeks ago, I performed onstage in New York for The Story Collider, an organization that seeks to help scientists share stories about their work, at its annual fundraiser, The Proton Prom. This…

Every month, I report the progress of my yearly goals to monitor progress (or the lack thereof) and hold myself accountable.   The following are the June 2024 results and a mid-year analysis of any…

I haven’t dated in 20 years. Elysha and I started dating back in the spring of 2004. We moved in together during the summer of that same year. On December 28, 2004, I asked her…

I saw this sign as I pulled into the garage for an oil change yesterday. The garage has long, open pits designed to be driven over so that mechanics can access the car’s undercarriage. Keeping…

As you probably heard, Louisiana has become the first state to require that the Ten Commandments be displayed in every public school classroom. It’s obviously a violation of the Constitution’s freedom of religion and separation…

My Excuses I left the garage door open overnight For not the first time But only because I was distracted by Your gentle sigh as you turn a page in a book The easy gravitational…