Am I Your Password?

When was the last time you logged into your online banking account? Did you answer that security challenge, "What is the name of your first employer?" I love that question. I type my first boss's name — which, by the way, is none of your damn business —...

Welcome to the Creativity Students

Doug Dangler is the coordinator for the Writing Center and the digital media specialist for The Ohio State University’s Center for the Study and Teaching of Writing. He recently asked me, “What do you wish all your students knew about your...

Choosing Diversions

Different strokes for different folks. Or, as my Australian friend Catherine says, "Horses for courses." So what are your strokes?I can tell you what is not a stroke of mine: violence. I really don't like it.  And I don't consider it...

Where is God?

[This morning, the rabbi is out. So a friend and I will lead Shabbat services. The friend has skills and will do all the hard stuff: Hebrew, music. I'll do what I do best: distract people throughout the service. And I'll give the sermon. Here's the...