Any time you don’t know how to start a conversation with a stranger, ask them about their pets. See if the ensuing conversation isn’t far more interesting, and revealing, than anything they’d willingly volunteer about themselves.
Read MoreEvery year I make a long list of resolutions. One: get more exercise. Two: stop drinking. Three: meeting new people, etcetera, etcetera. I usually fail but I don’t feel defeated. I just admit to myself that I’m a lazy misanthropic drunk and I’ve already accomplished resolution number Four: Be more honest.
Read MoreGetting old doesn’t have to be about being behind the times. You can actually be ahead of your time if you never throw anything out. Because everything comes back again...bell bottoms, overalls, granny glasses, even quiche…and depending on how long you live, again and again and again.
Read MoreNever having served in the Armed Forces, I have little to say about Veteran’s Day, preferring to show my respect to the men and women who go to war and my contempt for the politicians who send them.
Read MoreIt’s a Jewish play, of course, but as this country now stands, we’re all potential subjects of hate. Mexicans, Muslims, women, gays: we’re all in a shaky position. We’re all fiddlers on the roof.
Read MoreLet’s stand up to cyber bullies, create an army of keyboard warriors, create social proof of the real majority. And maybe even…Make the Internet Great Again.
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Although our culture encourages us to abandon all restraint…confronting fears of failure, retaliation, and consequences…and to ‘just do it,’ I know that some of the smartest moves in my life were things I just didn’t do.
Read MoreWhen people find out I’m a successful gardener, one of the first things they want to know are my composting secrets. And they’re always disappointed because they contradict everything they’ve ever read.
Read MoreClearly, some people are way more comfortable being uncomfortable than they ever are being relatively comfortable. Complaining is their default mode. Luckily, there’s an app for that.
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