I worked from home yesterday, after coming home Tuesday night with a fever and heading straight to bed. Despite feeling sick, I was logged in at work from my kitchen table by nine, and I managed to get a lot done. It was a good day. I’m at home again today, but I doubt I’ll […]

“What do Plato, Leonardo da Vinci, Saint Catherine of Siena, and Frankenstein’s monster have in common with Paul McCartney, Paris Hilton, and Jonathan Safran Foer? You guessed it – vegetarianism!” “That’s got to be the worst, most awkward introduction to a cookbook I’ve ever read,” I said. “Yeah,” my wife nodded as she fed our […]

I realized the other day that it had been weeks since I’d touched my DJ equipment. I’m pretty sure the anniversary party for White Ribbon back in December was the last time I’d even plugged my gear in. So I committed to setting up the studio again this weekend, and now I’m committing to find […]

Personal blogs are all fine and good, but if you actually want people to read them, they’ve got to have a focus. There are people who read this blog just because it’s mine, and I’m very glad they do, but that’s a very small community. If you want your blog to appeal to anyone beyond […]

Remember Joe Walsh, the Republican Congressman and Tea Party darling from Illinois who lost his reelection bid in November? Remember that list of reasons why he’s a total asshole? Well, looks like it’s time to add another: He just filed a request in Cook County Circuit Court to stop paying child support payments, because he […]

My daughter’s aunt Jocelyn taught her a new game while we were all on vacation. It’s called “Mean Face, Happy Face,” and it’s just about the cutest thing you ever saw. It started out simple enough. Jocelyn trained my daughter to frown by scrunching up her own expression and growling “Mean face!” Then, with a […]

This year’s Family Day is off to a much better start than last year’s Family Day, but that’s mainly because the theme of last year’s Family Day was apparently “colic.” There’s a hundred percent reduction in screaming babies this year, and that’s a definite improvement. Even if this year’s theme turns out to be “unexpected […]

A few days ago, I joked about giving up swearing for Lent for my daughter’s sake. My wife thought it was a good idea, and suggested we give it a go. It was a nice idea, but we never really got it off the ground – and it’s too late to try, since we’ve both […]

A little while back, I mentioned that I’d made a list of five simple priorities for the year ahead. It’s an idea that Peter Bregman laid out in his book 18 Minutes, and although I’m only a few weeks into the year, I think it’s given me some real focus. These are the five I […]

I’m headed through Florida with my family today, on the way back from our vacation. I haven’t been there in years, and even though it’s just a seven-hour layover, I’m looking forward to it. When I was a kid, a family vacation usually meant a trip down to Florida. My grandparents were snowbirds, and every […]