The apple is one of the world’s best and most simple foods. It can be carried in a pocket or shipped around the world in a barrel, combining portability with durability, and the best examples can remain crispy, juicy, and…
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High Tech Contacts
I’m lucky enough to have some prototype high-tech contact lenses. They’ve been embedded with a tiny microchip that has a clock and calendar. This way my contacts know if I’m running late, so they can fold up an be impossible…
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Kid’s Craft Project Gone Wrong
I’ve been looking at this thing every morning for weeks. My daughter made it at school and proudly brought it home and placed it on the dining room table. “Look at my snowman, Babbo!” Is that what it is? There’s…
I Feel C A L M E R
Celestial Seasonings Tension Tamer tea is my version of the Pirin tablet. Maybe it doesn’t actually do anything but I can tell you the placebo effect works. P.S. Since I stopped tweeting like a little bird years ago, I’m going…
Clair de Lune
I heard that the BBC radio program, Desert Island Discs, turned 70 this year. If you aren’t familiar, the concept is that famous guests are asked what album they would bring to a desert island. For me, I would bring…
Colic and the Cost of Prolonged Sleep Deprivation
This is what infants do when…well, nobody’s really sure. Maybe it’s gas, maybe it’s flickers of electricity across their neurons that give them the willies, but something sets off a maelstrom of crying that cannot be soothed. Hearing this sound…
My God, What’s That Thing?
Here’s the thing about having infants who wake up throughout the night: you’ll have incredible recall of your dreams. I’ve often written about my dreams here, which range from bizarre to horrific. Please step back in time with me to…
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