“I don’t know if you’ve ever noticed this, but first impressions are often entirely wrong.” -Lemony Snicket She looked like a bag lady, sitting alone on the bench in Central Park. Oblivious to her surroundings, most conspicuously a Hitchcock-like mass…
Humankind has forever struggled to answer the existential question of whether we’re inherently good or evil, humane or selfish. It’s become an even tougher call in these disgruntled and divisive times. Like calling a batter’s check-swing, it depends on where…
Andrew, my Lyft driver was a nice enough guy. He cheerfully introduced himself as he picked me up at the airport at 1 am. “Nice weather tonight. Where you comin’ from?” (“Detroit,” I say. “Never been,” he says.) A few…
What follows is a content outline for an idea I have for a children’s book. It still needs work and will almost certainly go through many more iterations before I either consider it done, or relegate it to my nebulous…
Sports can be incredibly challenging, even or perhaps particularly for those who perform at the highest levels. Great baseball players are fortunate to get one hit in three times at bat, one homer for every dozen times up, more hits…
What in hell is wrong with people? There’s the obvious litany of human flaws and foibles, for sure: greed, selfishness, immorality, hate, racism, sexism, ageism, Xenophobia, et cetera, et cetera. The effects of which produce all sorts of social, national…
Credit her keen observation of real life for the perfection with which Catherine O’Hara portrays vain and narcissistic characters. In Time magazine’s recent profile on the comedic actor, writer Judy Berman thoughtfully connects and contrasts O’Hara’s iconic, outsize roles on…
Humility is not a virtue often attributed to pro athletes, particularly superstars. All the more reason to recognize those who do serve as genuine role models. About Houston Astros superstar Carlos Correa, the team’s assistant to the general manager and…
When a master shares expertise on the particular trade you’re attempting to ply, you pay close attention. When the transfer of knowledge is done creatively, without pretention, you do so with pleasure. Which is why aspiring writers are in for…
There’s big news and bad news about the cosmos. In The New York Times article “Cosmic Confusion” on February 26, science writer Dennis Overbye reveals how astronomers are intrigued by a new finding that suggests “The universe seems to be…
