That moment when you’re reading one of your essays live for the very first time–before a convention center full of librarians, no less–and you realize although you know what it…View post

Nothing like automatic voicemail transcription to get your hopes up.

An entire chapter in this book is based on my absent-mindedness (the one about forgetting the van has become a favorite at parties) as it relates to the 16th-century French…View post

Posted this on Twitter yesterday as evidence of my own idiocy (as if). Late last night I figured it out. Twitter guesses included “hummus” and “lemurs.” Both of those far…View post

Young family member calmly removes smoking pan from stove, carries it outside to porch…story really kinda tells itself.