Yesterday, Thumper was running off to do something in another room when I told him, "Come here and let me comb your hair, then you can ...

I like to think about story archetypes. One of the most appealing to me, for some reason, is the story of the absolutely unsurpassed profess...

I had several things on my to-do list for today, so naturally, I did none of them and spent almost all of the elementary school hours readin...

A few days ago, a friend linked to this video based on an excerpt from a commencement speech given by David Foster Wallace. I usually sigh a...

I was interviewed this afternoon for a potential "featurette" or some such thing in a local fitness magazine. They're planning...

If you came here from Google because you just watched Kevin Smith's Red State , and you can't for the life of you figure out what ...

It's been awhile since I wrote something for Velvet Verbosity's 100 Word Challenge . I guess it's National Poetry Month, or...