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Living As One of Us
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Living As One of Us

Last week, I had the surreal but pleasant experience of going back to my home high school to give the commencement address.
The first challenge of course was the jokes. They had to be drawn from the “shared” parts of community; from the common experiences of growing up in this particular midwestern town of [...]

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High School Is Never Over

You can’t dine out without running into at least one of the restaurant stereotypes: The fighting couple–arguing in hushed civil tones, but feigning bliss each time the waitress stops by to offer refills. The people with the colicky infant–the one who inspire the rest of the patrons to chip in for a baby-sitter. Then, there’s [...]