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
There are all sorts of suggested criteria for happiness, and in many quarters little agreement. That’s why the conversation continues. I don’t claim to have all of the answer. I’m pretty sure, however, that some of it is embodied in the way that Saturday night of a three-day weekend feels. I’m full of grilled chicken … Read more
I just read that Playboy has put everything in its 57-year history into a searchable online database. It’s optimized for the iPad, but presumably would work just fine on a different tablet (or even on a regular old computer). Playboy and I have never clicked. I used to read it at the bookstore where I … Read more