Brave new verbs
Long time, no see — or something like that. What happened? We moved. And moving takes all the fun out [...]
Looking for CRAD
My daughter Rebecca knocked on eleven’s door for at least two months before emerging from a series of Zoom meetings [...]
Don’t worry, be happy
I was busy sitting around at home waiting for a Zoom call on toothpaste slogans when the text buzzed in. [...]
All in a name
If you listen to my daughter Rebecca — and let me assure all skeptics I have no doubt but to [...]
Why aren’t you a zombie?
Just before Christmas my daughter Rebecca and I each contracted the dreaded disease. Since dreaded diseases are celebrities in this [...]
My daughter the eco-warrior
Rebecca, the exceptional daughter of columnist Joel Stein, learns that plastic is a great peril to birds, and so becomes the next great child eco-warrior.
Tales from my cul-de-sheep
Let me start with the spoilers: No, this is not about Rebecca. Yes, the authorities were called. Yes, men in [...]
REM Twitter
My increasingly scary 10-year-old Rebecca has officially entered her "Elon Musk" phase. It was probably there all along, just waiting [...]
Mirror shots
When I finally reached a deal with my daughter to get an iPhone, or some derivation of it (she gave [...]
Enough with the corpses!
I sometimes take a break to watch old episodes of the crime show "CSI", which started out focusing on a [...]
Unprecedented! Historic! Rebecca!
As some of you may know by now, my 10-year-old daughter takes precocious to another level. She especially loves watching [...]