Writing/Clips
Now appearing elsewhere, a collection of my work on and off the web.
Creative Nonfiction
- “Purloined,” CellStories, December 7, 2009
- “Chicago Transit Priority,” The Best Creative Nonfiction, Vol. 3, ed. Lee Gutkind, W.W. Norton, August 2009
- “The Tragedy of Donnie Baseball,” Elysian Fields Quarterly, Fall 2008
- “Familiar Rivalry,” Lovable Losers Literary Revue, July 2008
- “First Base of Last Resort,” Anatomy of Baseball, ed. Andrew Blauner and Lee Gutkind, SMU Press, 2008; Creative Nonfiction, Spring 2008
- “How the Father Fixed the Motherboard,” What Would MacGyver Do?, ed. Brendan Vaughan, Hudson Street Press, 2006
- “Sticking to the Dream,” Gapersblock, May 2005
- “Planning Parenthood,” Gapersblock, November 2004
Fiction
- “Substitute,” Is Greater Than, January 22, 2010
Parenting/Family Publications
- “How (Not) to Make Over Your Husband,” Oprah.com, January 6, 2010
- “Dinosaur Rock,” Time Out Chicago, April 2008
Regular contributor of parenting guides and product reviews for Ideal Bite, a website focused on eco-friendly living, 2009.
Entertainment reviewer and blogger for Babble.com, a parenting website, and its Strollerderby blog, March to December 2007:
- Television: My Friends Tigger & Pooh, Jay Jay the Jet Plane, Bob the Builder, Thomas and Friends, The Doodlebops, Caillou, Postman Pat and Super Why!
- Music: Thaddeus Rex, We Wanna Rock; Ralph Covert, Ralph’s World; Jam Toast
- Books: Daddy Needs a Drink, by Robert Wilder and Dadditude, by Philip Lerman
- Clothing: Myself Belts
Sportswriting
- “Bringing It Home,” a weekly column compiling commentary on local professional and college teams from media outlets outside the Chicago market, Chicago Sports Weekly, December 2007 to February 2008
- “Roger Clemens’ Out Pitch,” Chicago Sports Weekly, February 2008
- “Shooting the Hawks,” Chicago Sports Weekly, November 2007
- “No Joak,” Chicago Sports Weekly, October 2007
- “Tender Rivalry,” Chicago Sports Weekly, September 2007
- “Scary Potential,” Chicago Sports Weekly, September 2007
- “Long Day’s Journey Into Nite,” Chicago Sports Weekly, August 2007
- “Life on the Farm,” Chicago Sports Weekly, June 2007
- “You’re With Me,” Chicago Sports Review, March 2007
Online Writing and Blogging
Associate editor and writer for Chicagoist.com, a local news and events blog. Wrote over 330 blog posts and provided editorial assistance to staff of 20 contributors, September 2005 to March 2007
Feature writer and blogger for 43Folders.com, a website about fostering personal productivity and creativity, October 2007 to August 2008:
- “The Problem With Ubiquitous Capture“
- “Cooking for the Creative Beast“
- “The Case Against Wish Lists“
- “Snow Day Hobbies“
- “MacBook Air: Specific Machines, Specific Uses“
- “Re-evaluating Your Online Commitments“
- “Why Are You Reading All That News?“
- “Sink or Swim: Managing RSS Feeds with Better Groups“
- “Ain’t Nothin’ Wrong with a Little Free Time“
- “An Ass Pocket of iCal“
- “The Backs of Envelopes Are Blank for a Reason“
- “Put Your iTunes Library on a Diet“
- “Psychotherapy for the Chronic Switcher“
- “Confessions of a Chronic Switcher“
Trade Publications
- “The Keys to Success,” IPC Association Connecting Electronics Industries, July 2008
- “Suvey Says,” IPC Association Connecting Electronics Industries, May 2008
- “Embedded Intelligence,” IPC Association Connecting Electronics Industries, March 2008
- “Good Morning Vietnam,” IPC Association Connecting Electronics Industries, January 2008
- “Powering Through,” IPC Association Connecting Electronics Industries, January 2008
- “A Hop, Skip, and a Jump,” IPC Association Connecting Electronics Industries, January 2008
- “Counting On It: The Lead-free Debate Continues,” IPC Association Connecting Electronics Industries, November 2007