I don’t know why, but people always assume that I’m good at Scrabble just because I’m a writer. I have a way with words, right?

I’ve gotten into coin collecting recently. And by “into,” I don’t mean that I’m interested. I mean that I kind of got sucked into it.

Costco is awesome. My wife sent me to Costco today because we were low on tuna. Now we’re high on tuna. I also came home

It’s time to go back to school, although if you’re a student (especially one of my high school students), you probably don’t even know why.

I recently stood in as a chaperone for my son’s day camp rafting trip, and I’ll tell you—rafting is a great activity for building teamwork,

We always make fun of useless warning labels. “What kind of genius needs these?” we ask. “Who on earth would not only eat toner, but

You know what I noticed, as my children are hitting the double digits? Apparently—and get ready to fall over here—kids that are older are harder

Goldfish are pretty durable. People are always saying, “Yeah, we can’t kill this one. We’ve dropped it on the floor, left it in the sun,

If you’re reading this, our goldfish is probably dead. Wait. You didn’t actually know we had a goldfish. I’ll start over. So we got a

Ever since I first ran a column that suggested that my wife and I are looking for a bigger house, people have been asking me

I turned 35, which is not that big a deal. Well, it is to me, because my back hurts. And I’m at an age where,

The following is a packing list for things your kids need in camp. It’s possible the camp already sent you a packing list, but there’s