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The First Three Laws of Travel Jan. 09, 2026
I was at the massive Temple at Luxor, where the pharaohs were crowned. The 3,500-year-old columns to... Read More
Welcome to 2026 -- Keep Your Head Down and Your Shoes Off Jan. 08, 2026
It's a new year and a new dress code. Nobody cares what you wear to work. What matters now is what y... Read More
Shrewdly, These Words Have Improved Their Meanings Jan. 07, 2026
Five hundred years ago, if I had called one of my students "a shrewd lad with dogged ambition," he m... Read More
Marking Time in an Unceremonious World Jan. 04, 2026
The hot take that floated into my inbox this week was that resolutions are passe. Apparently, thinki... Read More
Instead of Resolutions, Try the Reset Method Jan. 03, 2026
Allow me, a moderately cluttered person whose Christmas tree may still be up by next Festivus, to es... Read More
2026 Career Disasters You Just Might Avoid Jan. 01, 2026
You're one of the lucky ones. You have a job. You also have a worry. Will the job you have at the ... Read More
Then and Now, Money Talks Dec. 31, 2025
Some words are on the money. When the word "farm" entered English during the 1200s, for instance, it... Read More
Affirmations From a T.J. Maxx Price Sticker Dec. 27, 2025
Dear journal, I, a T.J. Maxx price sticker, will know my own value, not just the value of name-brand... Read More
Ignore These 2026 Career Resolutions -- I Dare You Dec. 25, 2025
Looking for New Year's resolutions? Didn't think so. There are just too many experts with too many s... Read More
Origin of 1920s Term Triggers Flapdoodle Dec. 24, 2025
As 2025, the centennial year of "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald, comes to a close, let's e... Read More
The Traffic Behind the Video Dec. 21, 2025
I think I saw my first TikToker in the wild. For a split second, I thought it might be a politician ... Read More
The Happy-Enough Holiday Is More Than Good Enough Dec. 20, 2025
On my 11th Christmas, my parents were preparing to divorce. At the time, I didn't know that, of cour... Read More
Merry Christmas, Except for the Hungry, Poor and Sick Dec. 20, 2025
The holidays always bear a certain layer of heaviness. That's why so many people try to tap into the... Read More
The Wedding Almost Everyone Forgot Dec. 19, 2025
The first time Rosie and I got married, things just seemed to fall into place. Our guests all loved ... Read More
Diet Your Way to Success Dec. 18, 2025
May I tell you about my diet? It's simple, really. I eat Keto on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. I ea... Read More
Reviewing the Jive of Two-Oh-Two-Five Dec. 17, 2025
Our language this year was hardly a heaven; In parlance of teens, it was 'no cap' '6-7.' Cliches wer... Read More
The Cycling Potentials of Life Dec. 14, 2025
The refrain I repeated to my daughter was that, much like filling in eyebrows with makeup, the wings... Read More
Mr. Trump Goes to the Grocery Store Dec. 13, 2025
CCTV captured this (completely fake) conversation between President Donald Trump and a grocery store... Read More
Marco Rubio, Have You Considered Comic Sans? Dec. 13, 2025
Marco Rubio, secretary of state, has taken a brave stance on a prudent matter ripping at the fabric ... Read More
Songs for Creating Demons Dec. 12, 2025
Not to plug my new supernatural thriller, "The Great Dick: And the Dysfunctional Demon," but you may... Read More
