Yesterday, I published a post that ended with a question asking about your experience. I’ve asked a similar question a few times. This is the thing: I’m really curious about the answer. I’d love to take every single reader out for coffee for a few hours and pick your brain about random things like yesterday’s … Read more
TED has started a new podcast series called TED Interviews, where Chris Anderson interviews people who have give TED talks about their talks, and they get more in depth. I haven’t quite listened to all of them, but all that I’ve listened to have been captivating. (As of this writing, there are only six of … Read more
I am divorced and remarried. I have a seven-year-old from my first marriage. We share custody and co-parent well. (People who have watched the journey for the last five years have periodically popped in and commented on us doing a bang-up job at prioritizing The Boy’s needs.) (Shout out also to both daddies for sharing … Read more
In the span of a few days, I had conversations with two homeless people. (Well, I had a conversation and I overheard a conversation.) I was waiting on the platform for the train. A woman who looked homeless decided to run across the street to get some water before the train came. A man standing … Read more
“If you don’t do this, I’m going to tell your parents all the bad things you do when I’m here.” There weren’t really any bad things, but we were allowed to bend the rules when the babysitter was there, and as it was, I was the scape goat for the family’s ills… So in 5th … Read more
Sometimes, I talk about significant things as if they’re just another thing. For example, I’m divorced and re-married. I plainly talk about things in my first marriage, about things in my divorce, about things as they are now. It doesn’t mean that none of it is significant, or that it didn’t matter, or that it … Read more