I’m bored. What shall I do? I know, I’ll text Dave, see if he wants to come out for a drink. I love Dave, he’s ace. ‘hi dave u wanna go 4 a drink?’ *bleep bleep…bleep bleep* My, that was a remarkably quick response. ‘hi sorry who is this? dave’ ...

I’ll let you into a secret. It’s a pretty morbid one, so don’t tell lots of people. Sometimes, every now and then, I imagine what my own funeral will be like. Where will it be held? What kind of coffin will I be in? There’d better be loads of people ...

A What men or gods are these? What maidens loth? What mad pursuit? What struggle to escape? What pipes and timbrels? What wild ecstasy? Keats, Ode on a Grecian Urn A “I won’t be going to Jay’s house this week,” Nick told Nora th...

I have no idea who you are. I shake your hand. I read your blog. I laugh at your jokes over beers and football. We chat during chance meetings at random places in a random world full of near misses and perfect timing. Your kids and my kids play together. ...

::Scene opens with a dark stage. Fog starts to roll out and an eerie red glow starts to show. Then, from the sky, you hear a booming voice:: Voice: Since the dawn of time, mankind has used its hands for communication. From the first pointing of a fi...

Disney/Pixar have done it again and we're all the better for it.

Matt recently asked how we can help our kids become good adults, which is certainly a question any parent thinks about regularly. The familiar question contains a key assumption: that parents are the most significant factor in how children turn out. Judith Harris, the provocative developmental psychologist, has ...