I could tell by the look on her face that my sister-in-law thought I was dead wrong… and a little crazy. We were sitting around the dining room table on Saturday evening, along with my mother-in-law having a glass of wine before dinner. I was explaining to them my theory of Naked Rights. You see, [...]
Honestly, the only part of the Thanksgiving meal I truly enjoy are the marshmallows on top of the sweet potato casserole. These words were shared with me, hopefully not in confidence, by my dear friend Sue as we were discussing our Thanksgiving meal plans earlier this week. And while I enjoy many traditional items on [...]
Simply put, birthdays mark the date you were born. They are a fundamental recognition of your existence and pretty much nothing more. I know this sounds cold, but think about it. After all, it’s not like you ACCOMPLISHED anything to be born. You were a victim of complete happenstance. But here you are and, if you [...]
Alison was so excited last weekend when I took this picture of her cat Toby to use for this week’s Snap! photo. She loves Toby — almost as much as she loves to say “snap!”. And I love making up names for her cat, other than “Toby.” Most often I refer to him as “Tobias [...]
Sure, writing is fun but I’ve always wanted to direct. Inspired by my recent trip to Ohio, during which time I experienced the new airport security scanners, I wrote and directed a little movie that addresses the concerns of some Americans that their rights are being violated. See if you can guess where I stand on this issue. [...]
Those of you following me on Twitter may have noticed that I spent the weekend in Ohio. Yes, that Ohio. Land of ….hmmm. Stumped. It’s easy for me to rag on Ohio because…well, Philly is such a hot, hot, hot mecca of coolness. But Ohio may as well have been the South of France. I [...]
On Tuesday I met my friend Reine for lunch. She was our neighbor until this past summer when she sold her house and “went condo”, moving just a few miles across town. We have seen her a handful of times since then – at Noah’s Bar Mitzvah and the neighborhood Halloween party. But I still [...]
“You tell more stories than Dad does.” This observation belonged to Chase. He shared it with me out of the blue last night as I was loading dishwasher and he was loitering in our kitchen. Given the fact that I had been cleaning in complete silence, I needed a little context. Do you mean I [...]
The Big Sort As we say a fond farewell to another Halloween season, I leave you with this image depicting a tradition that will be handed down for generations to come. No matter how plugged in, automated, enabled, or entitled our kids become, they will always manually sort their candy and the relish in its [...]
Something was in the air this week. Maybe it wasn’t in your air but it was definitely in the atmosphere that I was breathing. And I’m not talking about Republicans. Call it a personal cloud of crank. A haze of hassle. A mist of melancholy. A fog of funk. I thought perhaps it was just [...]
