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Hoodies will get you extra points
I think that computers and start ups are the only fields where looking like crap scores you points. Actually, it seems to be a badge of honor. No one wears a suit jacket. The guy with the suit jacket...
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No, I Do Not Want To Play Zombie Brain Suckers–I’m Trying to Do Yoga
What happens when I find the yogi? I’m up to my eyeballs in stress. So is everyone in the universe. It’s time for some yoga. I’m grateful that I’ve learned enough for a routine–it’s sort of like...
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Ripping Chicken Carcasses for Luck
It was lying on the counter. A wishbone. A small, dried wishbone from the roasted chicken my mother sent over a couple of days before. My husband saved it and left it on the counter. There it...
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Getting an Early Start on Common Cores Using The Economist
I am reading my son’s school newsletter. It does an excellent job discussing the Common Cores. I know this because I use Common Cores all day myself. The school is calling for a 50/50 balance of...
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Carrying People Through The Sand
There is a story that runs over and over again in many different forms called “Footprints.” It’s about a person walking in the sand with God. You see the footprints. Two sets of footprints, and then,...
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Separating Out the Geniuses
Smile, fish, you’re a genius, too. I was having a conversation with someone I respect. He’s a member of MENSA. MENSA is a society for geniuses. This made my conversation important–I can say, “I was...
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Heroes
The boy slept on the desk. I woke him again. I wasn’t that boring. Maybe I was–am I qualified to make that determination? That was a minute of his life he would never get back. I asked him after class....
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If the Music Won’t Die, Neither Will I
Haven’t run in a while–it seemed like a great day to get back. 80 degrees in Rhode Island. Sun. When I got home from work, the world was happy and everyone doing his thing–the perfect time for sneaking...
View ArticleTo All the Foods I’ve Loved Before
“Ramen comes in seventeen different flavors.” I’m really not sure. I needed a fact, and like a standard TV broadcaster or government official, I made it up. I tell my students how much ramen they’ll...
View Article“If I Had Your Time”: Why You Will Never Succeed
“If I had your time…” That’s what I hear from people who don’t want to do stuff. “If I had YOUR time…” Always that dark tone, sitting halfway between dismissal and envy…as if it’s somehow my fault...
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