Cruelest joke of 2015 involved a beautiful new baby and Bill Cosby
One of the best ideas that I heard in all of 2015 was this:When a friend of mine gave birth to her first child, one of her friends sent her…
The many faces of a little reader
He's not a prodigy. He can't read this book yet. But he loves books and loves to pretend that he's reading them. It's a good start. And he especially loves…
I won’t be reading my novel to my children. For a damn good reason.
My son asked me to read my novel, Unexpectedly, Milo, to him. "Too long," I told him. "No pictures. Let’s find something else." It also has an awkward and explicit…
Mystery behind this photograph solved, though the solution was fairly obvious.
Yesterday, I wished that I knew the story behind this photograph. Thanks to a kind reader, today I know. It was a librarian, of course. Those fanatical zealots of books,…
Taylor Swift teaches a valuable lesson to all content creators.
If you haven’t seen Taylor Swift’s Christmas video, you should. It’s a lovely thing, but it’s also an exceptionally valuable lesson for anyone who creates content. Actors. Writers. Artists. Musicians.…
My possibly petulant “I told you so” climate change Kickstarter idea: I need your feedback. Am I an idiot?
Earlier in the week, I wrote about the sound byte being used by Republicans in response to questions about the existence of climate change: “I’m not a scientist.” Variations of…
My book club once featured skinny dipping. This book club has a big time college football player for a member. I think they win.
I’m not a big college football fan. I don’t have an allegiance to any college football team. But wide receiver Malcolm Mitchell may have turned me into a Georgia Bulldogs…
I hereby release myself of all parental guilt regarding the iPad. It was shortsighted, stupid, and purposelessly nostalgic.
I brought my son downstairs for breakfast. As we stepped into the kitchen, he saw the iPad on the counter and said, “iPad! Chair! iPad! Chair!” This is the two…
I’ve always thought that a library fine was a good thing. Unexpected income. Some librarians have disagreed. Am I wrong?
From a piece in the Hartford Courant entitled Wethersfield Library Begins ‘Food For Fines’ Program: For a limited time, Wethersfield Library patrons can pay their overdue fines with a can…
