Until your kids can read, it’s easy to talk about whatever you want right in front of them. You just have to spell it. It’s a lot more challenging once your only option is talking above their vocabularies. It’s doable—for example, this morning when Lea and I were talking about Aaron’s birthday, a “Lego gift … Read more
The omnipresent, eerie, plausibly-extraterrestrial-sounding racket at work is finally subsiding a bit. (I mean the 13-year cicadas. What did you think I meant?) I seriously considered rounding up and cooking some of them. Recipes aren’t hard to find. I mean, I was going to do it just as a curiosity, but hell, what if cicadas … Read more
So, with Representative Weiner’s tearful press conference today, we have the latest manifestation of President Clinton’s ultimate legacy: Never resign, because you just might make it. First, you feign ignorance. “Pardon me? I’m not really familiar with that. Let me get back to you.” Then, you deny dismissively. “Oh, what are those wacky people saying … Read more