I remember freshman year at college, sitting in my first philosophy class. The professor was utterly granola from his ponytail all the...

The Messy Middle. That’s what a very talented artist-friend of mine calls it. She explained that you start a painting with an idea in...

“Home” is probably one of the most potent words in the English language. Webster’s defines it as a place where one resides, but it is so...

The playwright George Bernard Shaw said “We don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing”. And Plato is...

I’ve been wanting to tell you this for a long time, but the words wouldn’t come. Or maybe too many words were clamoring around my head...

I am a student at Yale. Well, I mean, I took a class at Yale! I feel like I should stop there. That’s by far the most impressive...

Years ago when houses were constructed, a metal rod was attached to the roof. The lightning rod. The basic explanation given was that...

Rabbit Holes. There are people who believe that Lewis Carroll wrote Alice in Wonderland while under the influence of hallucinogenic...

I have a confession to make. Those are never comfortable words to say. To top it off, this dates back to high school. I was...

A couple of weeks ago Paul and I taught a summer camp about improv for kids 7 to 12 years old. It’s always fun to teach kids about...

If I asked you to tell me about your energy level, I imagine the first thing you would think of is how tired you are, how much caffeine...

What seems like a hundred years ago, I read about keeping a gratitude journal. The extremely intricate explanation was, “Write down 5...

“I just flew in, and boy are my arms tired.” That opening line from the stand-up comics of old is enough to make you either cringe in...

Life is good. I always smile when I see the bumper sticker or the t-shirts that proclaim this truth. What an odd way to display a...

She left the meeting under the impression that she’d been fired or was about to be fired. “How badly could it have gone?” I asked. ...

One of my favorite quotes is from Madeleine Albright, first female Secretary of State. She said, “There is a special place in hell for...

Have you ever heard lawyers’ advice never to ask a question unless you already know the answer? The first time I heard that was watching...