Welcome to my space of nice. When you're feeling shitty, I invite you to come back and visit a spell. Every week, I'll post something nice. It will not be revolutionary. It will never be political. It won't even make you think. You're welcome.
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Don’t worry. I’m not recommending that you eat a small child from the Netherlands. I simply want to make sure that you’re aware of the optimal breakfast deliciousness that is the Dutch baby.
Read MoreTurns out, you don’t need to bribe anyone to go to Yale! Yale invites you in for free! Okay, okay — so you don’t really get to GO TO Yale, getting a degree and all. But you can, courtesy of the Open Yale Courses program, check out some of what Yalies get to learn.
Read MoreI’m ready for that part of the weekend that’s all about lazing in bathrobes, nothing-doing, eating copious amounts of breakfast foods, and holding that utterly unnecessary Monday very much at bay: Sunday morning.
Read MoreO THE SINCERITY. It’s painful. It’s hilarious. It’s painfully hilarious. And the only thing to do is to watch it for yourself. This week’s nice thing is this undeniably amazing and ridiculously faithful frame-by-frame re-creation of Extreme’s “More Than Words.”
Read MoreDo most inspirational quotes — you know, the ones often backed by high-res, highly filtered images of things like sunsets, landscapes, attractive animals, and thoughtful-looking people — make you want to barf? Do you crave inspiration of a different kind?
Read MoreDolly is 73 years old, an age at which many performers are content to sit back and let others sing their namesake tributes to them. Not Dolly. Dolly went ahead and stole her own show.
Read MoreAnyone who knows me well knows I only really like to cook breakfast. Beyond that, I tend to regard cooking as necessary, often frustrating drudgery that does not come naturally. I’ll do it, but I won’t be good at it.
Read MoreFor real, guys. I’m finally making it happen. And since working on the book is exactly what keeps me from posting blogs as regularly as I intend to, I figured it’s high time I confess.
Read MoreFolks, this week we have a unique treat: a guest post from a lovely man named Paul Denikin (he runs a website called dadknowsdiy.com) sharing some helpful DIY information for families dealing with Alzheimer’s.
Read MoreBill 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.
Read MoreI 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.
Read MoreEvery family has their unique holiday traditions. Mine featured a grandfather who annually attempted to murder Santa Claus.
Read MoreEggnog. Wassail. Mulled wine. Hot toddies. Hot buttered rum. You’ve probably heard of these holiday drinks. What about the Tom and Jerry?
Read MoreIn 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.
Read MoreLast 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.
Read MoreJust something short and undeniably sweet this week: a lovely story about people being thoughtful and kind. It also involves this donut shop.
Read MoreBack 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.
Read MoreBack 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.
Read MoreI’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.
Read MoreQueer Eye lets me believe the best about people. Amidst a political and social climate that often tends to lack such niceties, Queer Eye is all about inclusiveness, self-empowerment, and celebrating the beauty — both inner and outer — unique to each of us.
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