Two startled
Yesterday I came out of a regular checkup at the doctor’s office into the parking lot. I clicked my clicker to unlock my car door and tried to open the door but it didn’t open. Then a little vicious dog that was sleeping on the driver seat woke up and …
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When to listen to the wife
When should one listen to the wife? It’s complicated. The night before I was to give the TEDx talk, I lay in the hotel room bed at 1am kicking myself. I had slept a total of three hours and was then wide awake. Before we went to bed, Allison had …
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The Airport Dance
As I went through security, my bag got held up with the X-Ray machine security officers. That’s when I realized I hadn’t finished drinking all the water in my water bottle. They had to get someone to come retrieve the bottle from my bag. Then she said: Agent: is this …
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Biggest concern
This weekend I’m giving a TEDx talk in L.A. The biggest challenge is that I’m the last speaker of the day, which maximizes opportunity to spill all kinds of things on myself before the four professional videographers focus on me… cross our fingers.
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Venezuelan Style
Today there were Venezuelan presidential elections, which were, of course, Venezuelan style. I got to San Francisco and there were lots of people waiting outside to vote, with no resemblance of a line. I found a volunteer, who explained that there were four tables and four lines, that I was …
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The curious case of the missing socks
Recently I submitted a formal complaint to Allison that I couldn’t find any of my white socks. I suspected she may have been throwing them out as she found holes in them. I couldn’t fathom where they could be otherwise. I was definitely missing a lot of socks. One day …
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Dad’s car keys dance
Yesterday my dad couldn’t find his car keys. He looked and looked and didn’t find them, so he had to take my mother’s keys to go out for lunch. Later in the afternoon, after they came back, he kept looking, without success. Eventually, he went to throw something out in …
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Just the makeup I needed
Today I made a game-time decision to attend an EdTech meetup at Stanford, despite tons of work at the office. I hadn’t had time to have lunch, so I grabbed three half-melted protein/granola bars and got in the car. As I put the three bars next to me, one fell …
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Lonely glasses
As we were about to start our trail run today, we noticed that an absent minded husband had left his glasses in the middle of nowhere.
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