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The Cost of Silence Isn't Behind Us Mar. 22, 2026
Different silences have built modern America, and we don't like to talk about them. They don't make ... Read More
Spring Break Activities That Require No Gas or Groceries Mar. 21, 2026
Let's go, party people! It's spring break, the kids are out of school, and no one has any disposable... Read More
No Breathing, Please -- We're Working Mar. 19, 2026
It doesn't matter if they're managing you from across the office or from across the country, having ... Read More
'Verban Legends' Clog Arteries of the Internet Mar. 18, 2026
You've probably encountered a rather macabre treatise titled "Life in the 1500s," a ghastly goulash ... Read More
A Narrow Escape from Career Hell Mar. 16, 2026
I hit 30 in the vanguard of the "don't trust anyone over 30" generation. When a somewhat younger com... Read More
The Philosophy of Hope and Destiny Mar. 15, 2026
I'm the one who ends up getting the emails when no one else answers. This time, it was suckering me ... Read More
Spring Forward Is Here To Change Your Life Mar. 14, 2026
The name's Spring. Spring Forward. Some say I'm even more nefarious than my brother, Fall Back, but ... Read More
Your Company Needs a Baddie -- How About You? Mar. 12, 2026
Did you see the latest video from the Staples Baddie? If you didn't, you must have read the story ab... Read More
Subjects and Verbs Agree to Disagree Mar. 11, 2026
Politics are so polarized these days — or should that be politics IS so polarized? — tha... Read More
A Middle-Aged Teddy Bear Dances with a Skeleton Mar. 09, 2026
"If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance," said George Bernard S... Read More
Seeing It All Together Mar. 08, 2026
Something I have lamented as a parent is that the cultural touchstones of episodic television were n... Read More
Feeling Bad About a Dumb Injury? These Dudes Did It Worse Mar. 07, 2026
I hurt my knee taking a step onto a riser in a performance at my kids' elementary school the other d... Read More
Turned-On by an Off-Site? Mar. 05, 2026
It doesn't matter what job you have; you must agree. The worst day of the entire year is the day yo... Read More
Fear and Loathing in Las Verbiage Mar. 04, 2026
A few years back, a newspaper story reported that Janet Jackson "was loathe to admit" her loss of a ... Read More
Dying and Living with the Perils of Chowder Mar. 02, 2026
Most people are terrified of public speaking, but it's seldom life-threatening. It's not like the au... Read More
Old School Could Be the Future Mar. 01, 2026
One coffee shop has become, through habit, an extension of my office. Today's meeting was with a fie... Read More
All the Cars Are Ugly Feb. 28, 2026
Tragically, I have started shopping for a new car. I drive a 2017 Fiat 500X. His name is Frank, and ... Read More
Hi-Yo, 'Silver Bullet'! Feb. 25, 2026
"AI Fires Silver Bullet for Creating New Life," read a recent newspaper headline. The story below it... Read More
Lynch Mobs, John-Paul Sartre and Getting What You Deserve Feb. 23, 2026
I've had a checkered relationship with journalism since high school, when it almost got my friend, D... Read More
