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It started because I drank a little too much. That’s not a particularly inspiring part of the story. But still. There was alcohol involved. There is no use lying about it. I was at my Mom’s house last October, at a family gathering, and I…Read More
“Ahh, home. Let me come home. Home is wherever I’m with you.” (“Home,” by Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros) I’m a sucker for songs about home. From Phillip Phillips to Billy Joel, I can’t get enough of people crooning about…Read More
I had an awesome 10-mile run on the last day of 2013. So awesome, that I decided 2014 should be the year I run the Cincinnati Flying Pig marathon again in May. It’s been four years since I’ve done a marathon. I’m going to be 40 this year (yes, I am…Read More
One of my goals as a writer is to sell an essay to the “Lives” column of the New York Times Magazine. If you haven’t read Lives, it’s the magazine’s backpage essay that tells a short personal story. (Here’s a great collection.) It’s not…Read More
I’m not sure I’ve ever done a follow up post to the previous week’s newsletter. So this feels like a fun and novel idea! So, if you remember, last week, I wrote about a not-super-nice guy who came up to me after I had just finished speaking and…Read More