I don’t fly very often–in fact, I think that I’ve been on three flights in the past 10 years. The last flight was a family trip to Orlando out of JFK in New York–and I can still recall how humorless our airport experience was. “This doesn’t feel like the start of ...

I have previously written on this blog about the cliche that declares life can turn on a dime. I think a lot of cliches catch on because at their center rests a seed of truth. This seed tends to be a truth that is fairly universal, thus leading to the ...

I like to think that I was a funny kid. I was voted class clown throughout my career in academia. I took a stool, albeit briefly, in stand-up. I used humor to deflect and address all other emotions. I was...

One of my blogging friends' daughters has just published her first book (and she is only a first grader). Talk about ambitious. I wanted to let you all know about this new book as it really covers some topics that all of our kids should have an experience in understanding. ...