Racism is a System; Prejudice is Human. And you, my friend, are human.

On a story about George Stinney someone recently posted, I saw a comment from a well-meaning white person that said “Racism is pure evil.” Which, sure, but I want to talk to my white friends about why things like that actually do harm to the cause of shifting the thinking of white people who want

Dad Blog: Eating Disorder

Del’s been eating solids for a while now and it has been a real challenge.  Not because he’s reluctant to eat or picky or anything.  It’s a challenge for me.  I’m constantly terrified he’s going to choke and I have a real hangup about food mess, among other things. Del is transitioning into the time

Dad Blog: The Only Dad in Class

I’ve been taking Del to a class every week since last August.  For a few months it was a swim class, and during the winter now it is a music class.  Do you know the fun thing about music class?  We’re all clothed and dry and there is no need for me to navigate a

My 2018 SAG Awards Ballot

‘Tis the season. I didn’t have as much time this year to watch all the screeners, but honestly there were a few I just wasn’t that interested in. Every other year I’ve done my due diligence because I take my role as a voter far more seriously than I should, but, you know, parenthood. I

Tommy and James, the Disaster Brothers

James Franco is getting attention and awards for his performance as Tommy Wiseau in The Disaster Artist, a film he directed about my favorite bad movie, The Room.  In his acceptance speech for his Golden Globe win for this role, as well as in his interview on the WTF podcast, he celebrates Tommy and what he sees as

Thoughts on The Last Jedi

The first paragraph will be spoiler-free general thoughts, and then there’ll be a big white space with nothing but spoilers to follow. There’s not much use in me saying whether I liked the film.  Of course I did–this is only the fourth film I’ve seen in a theatre since March 18th and one of my

Dad Blog: Classical Baby Physics

Sir Isaac Newton certainly got some things right when he defined the laws of motion, but I’d like to point out a field he overlooked: classical baby physics.  I have a law or two I’d like to tack on to the Principia. Your desire for a baby to avoid an object is inversely proportional to

What happens when a white male is sexually harassed

This post contains cable TV-level references to sex.  I’m not sharing this story as any kind of example of men being victims too, or we’re all in this together, or to take anything at all away from the many stories we’ve heard of the variety of inappropriate to illegal sexual situations women are routinely forced

This is a post about Christopher Columbus, for white people

Another year, another Columbus Day post.  I’ll keep doing this til something changes.   This year, the police in NYC are guarding the statue of Christopher Columbus in Columbus Circle 24/7, in light of recent incidents involving Confederate statues in other states.  Apparently this statue and another in the park have been defaced recently.  I’m all

Philosophy of Driverless Cars

I promise this will be more fun than it sounds.   I geek out over many things, but few things get me as excited as the intersection of technology and humanity, and where that intersection will lead us in the near future.  I do my best to stay on top of news in general, but I