Aug 31, 2019Member-onlyOde To Moth ManRick Chandler Memorial Service, August 31, 2019 A memorial like this is a wonderful opportunity for healing and warmth, for reflection and optimism. Not today. Today is a time for finger-pointing and blame. Yes, Rick Chandler was taken too young. I know this not only because he was late to…Sports7 min readSports7 min read
Jun 25, 2019Member-onlyI share a pen name with a water treatment plantby A.B. Jewell (aka Matt Richtel) When my editor at Harper Collins asked me to pick a name for my latest novel, The Man Who Wouldn’t Die, I had the reaction you’d expect: Is Studs Bestseller already taken? My editor is very supportive and he offered a slight revision, suggesting…Humor4 min readHumor4 min read
Published in Forge·Jun 19, 2019Member-onlyYour Focus Is Priceless. Stop Giving It Away.This is the eyeball economy, and your eyeballs are for sale — Do you want a single takeaway from the 21st century so far? Here it is: To the focused go the spoils. Have I already lost your attention? No wonder. You’re being pulled in a bunch of directions at high speed. Remember the medieval execution routine of tying someone to four…Mindfulness7 min readMindfulness7 min read
May 30, 2019Member-onlyHow to Get the Best From Your Immune SystemThe immune system is much less about exercising power than it is about finding balance. You can help train and maintain it. Here’s how. — Journalism has given me many surprises over the years. Few compete with this sentence: Do not boost your immune system. C’mon, really? What would cause me to urge you to ignore all the accepted wisdom and powerful marketing aimed at having you boost your immunity? Because the actual science tells…Health11 min readHealth11 min read
May 28, 2019Member-onlyIt’s not cheating. It’s a carve out!(by A.B. Jewell, who shares a startling resemblance to Matt Richtel, and visa-versa, but results may differ). I am trying to be a good person and follow all the conventional advice on nutrition, environment, politics, child-rearing, screen time, marriage and not hitting pedestrians with my car. It is not easy…Humor5 min readHumor5 min read
Feb 4, 2019Member-onlyHow to Be CreativeGreat news! You can be a creator. Follow these steps to find your inner writer, composer, finger-painter, chef, lyricist, entrepreneur or professional Tweeter. — You know how you’ve got this image of the creator as a somewhat crazy, slightly unbalanced person lost in his or her own head? I have great news. You are one, too! Everyone — adults and children alike — has a creative streak. But while most of us have a…Creativity14 min readCreativity14 min read
Aug 17, 2016Jason Daniel GreensteinJason Daniel Greenstein Euology; August 16, 2016 (backstory: this bittersweet conclusion follows from the New York Times story I wrote “about Jason’s remarkable battle with cancer. It ended, mercifully, last week. Yesterday I delivered this eulogy, outside our hometown of Boulder, Co). “To the Greenstein family, Catherine, I offer my…10 min read10 min read
Published in Galleys·Sep 29, 2014This Is Your Brain on RhythmHipster neuroscientists tackle learning how to pay attention — “This is Mickey Hart’s brain.” Mickey Hart was the drummer for the Grateful Dead. An image of his brain appears on a twenty-four-inch computer monitor. To its right, another monitor, a sleek thirty-two-inch Mac, features a splash of windows — email, news sites, a work project. Mickey’s brain is red…7 min read7 min read
