Bill Murray has really been helping me a lot these days. To be clear, not <<in person>> or anything like that. Simply the idea of him. The lesson of him. His sheer existence on this planet, really.

I eat a ton of chili in the winter months. Some days, I’ll eat chili for lunch AND dinner and not think twice about it. It’s warming, it’s yummy, it’s easy, and it’s cheap. Chili is pretty much the greatest winter food of all time.

Every family has their unique holiday traditions. Mine featured a grandfather who annually attempted to murder Santa Claus.

Eggnog. Wassail. Mulled wine. Hot toddies. Hot buttered rum. You’ve probably heard of these holiday drinks. What about the Tom and Jerry?

In this video, a man who’s colorblind is surprised by his colleagues with a pair of special glasses. The glasses help him see colors for the very first time in his life.

Last week, my friend Liz blessed me severely by sharing this amazing video with me. It is what it says it is, but it’s also so much more.

Just something short and undeniably sweet this week: a lovely story about people being thoughtful and kind. It also involves this donut shop.

Back in 1983, it’s estimated that only 14% of the US population was buckling up. Today, about 90% of us regularly wear seat belts. It took awhile, but we figured it out.

Back in the ‘80s and ‘90s-era SNL heydays, my family happily and liberally diseased our familial lexicon with SNL references. And despite the mild NSFW-iness of many of my favorite skits, I’m sharing some of them with you today.

I’m a water-worshiper living in a landlocked state. As a native of the “Land of 10,000 Lakes” and a former 10-year resident of beach-side SoCal, I’ll cop to suffering from occasional bouts of water withdrawal.

What does a high school student need to survive and thrive in today's world? A snappy-looking three-ring binder and color-coordinated folders can only take you so far in life. So, welcome to my first “Small Ways” post in a while. 

Writers always want to know how other writers write: what their routines are, what recommendations they have, how they come up with their ideas, and what tips they've picked up over the years.

To succeed in business relationships, “do unto others as you would have done unto you” needs to become “do unto others… as others would have done unto them.” I've started to think of this practice as “The Rule of You.”

In last week's blog, I made an argument for never ending your presentation on Q&A. This week, I promised to explain more fully what I propose you do instead: serve the audience "dessert."

If you end your presentation with Q&A, you're choosing to give up a very important thing: control. You're giving up the right to decide what the audience's final impression of you will be — what they'll feel, and what they'll remember.

We all enjoy looking smarter than we are. Sadly, however, there’s no avoiding the fact that people make judgments about other people's intelligence based on the smallest bits of data. It's not fair, but it happens.

The English language is rife with super-fun word pairs in which one word is commonly confused with the other. Some simply sound alike. Others have overlapping/similar meanings that are hard to keep straight.

Flagrant misuse of apostrophes is yet another unfortunate reality in today's world. I admit, however, that flagrant misuse of apostrophes does lead to some good jokes.

Just as others find value and interest in things I can't pretend to understand (e.g., golf, doomsday prophecies, gambling, manicures), I don't expect everyone to have time for the comma.

Imagine a world where you make an announcement on a conference call and people legitimately pay attention, pausing in their feverish multitasking or online shoe shopping long enough to genuinely listen.