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Exciting news in our home! In a couple of weeks, Charlie will be crossing over from Cub Scout to Boy Scout.
Big steps! One of his first orders of business was to form his new patrol, decide on a...
A friend of mine was recently debating about how she should respond to a man on Hinge - a dating app - who had just liked her photo.
- Casual but interested?
- Flirty and fun?
- Short and sweet?
- ...
When stumped by a life choice in 2023, let me suggest you choose “expansion” over happiness.
Jungian therapist James Hollis argues that major personal decisions should be made not by...
Moth GrandSLAM at The Highline Ballroom on July 17, 2012. The theme of the night was Fall From Grace. I finished in second place.
Moth StorySLAM at the Oberon Theater in Boston, MA on April 29, 2015. The theme of the night was Save. I finished in first place.
Moth GrandSLAM at the Somerville Theater in Boston, MA on March 26, 2015. The theme of the night was Once in a Blue Moon. I finished in second place.
Moth Mainstage at The Brooklyn Academy of Music on March 10, 2016.
When it comes to humor, I teach 25 easy-to-use strategies to write jokes, develop humor, and make people laugh.
One of my favorites is something I call “Definitions.”
Simply put, define...
A client told me a story that I thought was emblematic of everything I teach:
His company recently purchased a facility in Europe, so he traveled there to visit the campus and meet the folks now...
There are many ways to create suspense in a story, but here is one of the simplest ones:
Delay naming objects or people. Describe them first.
A few examples from actual stories I tell:
A small hand...
A reader shared this with me:
Our school district hired a new superintendent last year. One of the first things he did was declare that the first snow day would be the only real snow day of the...
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