Our Best is Inevitably Imperfect. Dammit.

I can’t tell you exactly what alchemy happened when I was on the TEDx stage in Floyd, Virginia in 2013. I stepped on nervous and excited. I had a moment of utter blankness while the hundred people in the audience held their breath and the however-many people watching...

You’re Always Going to Annoy Someone

Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people will not feel insecure around you. – Marianne Williamson I was rinsing a dish to put it in the dishwasher this morning when I heard one of my gremlin...

I Get Fat in Greensboro

This past weekend, Theresa and I visited my family and I noticed something that I’ve only cued into consciously in the last few years: I get fat when I visit my family. I don’t mean I put on a lot of weight due to my mom’s yummy cooking and the splurges I allow myself...

Boundaries, Kazoos, and Inherent Value

Last week, I made an argument for creating boundaries by way of the movie Gremlins: Avoiding getting the adorable mogwai Gizmo wet meant that Gizmo didn’t have to go through all the hatching pain and that humanity didn’t have to suffer the creation of evil mogwais...

Subscribe To Our Newsletter

The only thing missing from The Bigger Badder Crew is you. Join here.

You have Successfully Subscribed!