The other day, Jack and I had to run into the grocery store for a couple of things. We needed tortillas for dinner, milk, and—according to Jack—yellow apples. He’ll only eat them if they’re yellow. Yellow apples—again, according to Jack—are the best apples in the world. We talk a lot about yellow apples. Like a […]
In high school I played the flute for both the marching band and the school orchestra, and sometimes, we traveled to perform at musicals. I think we got paid something like $20 a show, which I promptly squirreled away for my next pair of parachute pants, because I wore those nylon trousers like a boss […]
Dear Adam, I saw you in concert about seven years ago outside of Boston, when Maroon Five opened the show for the Counting Crows. Ever since then I’ve really enjoyed watching your rise to meteoric stardom. I actually have a lot in common with your lovely wife, Behati Prinsloo. We both have unusual names, for […]
Last Monday it was raining out, so I decided to drive down to the bus stop and pick up the kids. I sat in my car and surfed the Internet, and I came across a link called, “100 Wise Words for Everyone,” written by an economics teacher for his high school seniors. I had a […]
I do something called Crossfit five or six days a week. You wouldn’t really know this to look at me. In fact, one of the trainers sort of suggested maybe I should stop telling people about Crossfit all the time. I’m not exactly the poster child for fitness. Every morning, the WOD, or the Workout […]
Dear Jack, I had a teacher who used to say there are two sides to everything, even a piece of paper. For most of my life, I believed him. I pictured arguments and negotiations as a lightweight sheet of paper floating down on a table, and I always tried to consider each side. But then […]
When I made my First Communion about a thousand years ago, I was picked to bring the gifts to the altar. For those who aren’t Catholic, this is a ritual performed during Mass where several people walk dow the aisle with gifts; the gift-bearers are meant to represent everyone in the church, and the gifts represent […]
I saw another article that claimed to solve the mystery of autism last week. This time, it was gestational diabetes. It’s always something, isn’t it? Either autism is because of advanced paternal or maternal age, or the dot-com era, or people who eat gluten. It’s the manufacturers who made Round Up. (I’m not even sure […]
Last week I had to bring Jack for an appointment at the eye doctor. This is fun for a few reasons. I get a long stretch of time alone with my son. We have meaningful conversations and sing out loud together to our favorite songs on the radio and try new restaurants for fun, tasty […]