Pointless Dinner Table Conversations, part 1

“Dad, how do I know you’re not a robot?” “Robots don’t cry in sad movies. The Turing Test says that … More

The Definitive Guide to How to Live

By me. There are four stages of life. Not three, not five. Four. The first is childhood. When you are … More

Recently I’ve been on a quantum physics kick. The vague thought behind it was, ‘If I read a coupla books … More

We walk the beach washed clean with the big swell on a high tide. There are no shells and no … More

I have a theory – of course I do – about the meteoric rise of depression and anxiety in today’s … More

Work….does it strike you as weird that there’s this thing that most of us hate – and yet we have … More

Of late I’ve been thinking, from time to time, about joy – the sort of moment that lights you up … More

For a person who’s always talking to herself (in her head), it’s weird that when I sit down to write … More

He sticks a bag over your head, knocks you out, and takes you away to his secret island, where he … More

Why do we worry so much about what we put in our bellies…and so little about what we put in … More