Images are taking over, and writers are a dying breed. The Norman Mailers of today are reduced to writing pun-filled captions for paparazzi photos. Blogs--which were threatening enough to professional...
I thought religion would make me live with my head in the clouds, but as often as not, it grounds me in this world.
I find placebos uplifting and exhilarating. It means that taking action--no matter what the action is--might help you feel better.
One of my biggest challenges is figuring out how to shoehorn my newfound knowledge into conversations.
I have to say, passive aggression gets a bad rap these days. It may not be appropriate in all occasions, but it's a lot better than aggressive aggression.
Did you hear about the middle Eastern potentate? he asked me. This potentate called a meeting of the wise men in the kingdom, and said, I want you to gather all the world's knowledge together in one p...
So, if weight loss is your goal, and you have impressive self-control, raw food is something to consider.
There are only three things I want you to take away from your Judaism: 1. Love of family. 2. Love of learning. 3. Love of responsibility toward others.
The dehydrator blows warm air on your food for hours, sometimes days. It reminds me of the temperature and intensity of dog's breath. So imagine a German shepherd exhaling on your fruit for a weekend.
Patternicity is the idea that humans are really talented at finding nonexistent patterns in random noise.
In trying to avoid one sin I've committed another.
I always thought the name of Utah’s major newspaper was some sort of weird misspelling of the word desert. But no, Deseret is the land of the honeybee, according to the Book of Mormon. I guess I shoul...
Etruscans sometimes wrote boustrophedon style, in which the direction of writing alternates with each line—right-to-left, then left-to-right. Brilliant! The eye doesn’t waste time trekking back to the...
I've taped a list to my bathroom mirror. It's my Most Violated List. . . Anger. I gave the finger to an ATM. You see, the ATM charged me a $1.75 fee for withdrawl. A dollar seventy-five? That's banana...
When I force myself to utter the awkward phrase, I am grateful, I actually start to feel a bit more grateful...It's basic cognitive behavioral therapy: Behave in a certain way, and your mind will even...
The literal Greek translation is school for naked exercise. Which made toweling off the stationary bike even more important.
Plus, in one of his e-mails, the guy said he didn't like pancakes. What kind of asshole doesn't like pancakes?
Journalism is an enemy of rationality. What makes news? The unusual and the spectacular, which by their nature distort reality and pervert our decisions. You read headlines like 15 KILLED IN PLANE CRA...
I'm hungry enough that I started to salivate at the sight of lettuce. I repeat: lettuce.
The whole bible is the working out of the relationship between God and man. God is not a dictator barking out orders and demanding silent obedience. Were it so, there would be no relationship at all....