May 18, 2013

  • Maybe this’ll make it go away…

    I have a routine. Every single morning, I get out of bed, grab the New York Times off my driveway, and put on pants. Sometimes in that order. And then I sit down with a bowl of cereal and read a paper made out of actual paper. It’s my favorite thing in the world, something… Continue reading

  • Everything is Metaphor

    I should have seen the question coming. It was one I used to pose to my professors in high school and college. I never believed all the supposed “meaning” injected into works that we were supposed to learn to spot. Not until I started writing. And then I gave a talk at my wife’s university,… Continue reading