I don’t know who this small guy is. He looks like he might be American. But he’s had an amazingly successful career a Sumo wrestler against opponents more than twice his size.

Before The Peter Principle (by Laurence J. Peter) was published in 1969, it was rejected by 30 publishers. It eventually sold 10 million copies in 40 languages.

This is who I want to be in 22 years…

The eyes of a donkey are positioned so that it can see all four of its feet at all times.

Talk about an awesome experience!

A B-52 bomber crashed into the Empire State Building in 1945. (And it crashed into the office that my Aunt Katherine normally sat in. Luckily, she was home sick that day.)

For most of my career as a writer, I have followed the NYT stylebook with regard to the comma. in particular, I have eschewed the Oxford comma — which insists on adding a comma at the end of a series. For example, I would write: “I ordered chicken, pasta, salad and wine.” Following the Oxford style, it would be: “I ordered chicken, pasta, salad, and wine.”

For years, my editor, an advocate of the Oxford comma, has tried, subtly and unsuccessfully, to get me to change my ways. This article makes me think I should…

It’s considered rude to tip in Iceland.

Willard Wigan is an amazingly accomplished craftsman

Chewing gum was “invented” by the Mayans over 300 years ago. They boiled the sap of the Sapodilla tree and chewed it.