The first story in my new book centers around the Museum of Natural History in New York City. For reasons that seem silly now, it was important that I get myself to the museum during what was my first trip to the city. Even though I realized while at the museum that it wasn't where I wanted to be (and my reason for going would soon enough no longer even apply), in the moment I viewed my being there as nothing short of crucial.

After Schooled was published, someone commented to me that their favorite characters were my parents.

I heard this feature on a morning news show last week about short sleepers. People who don't seem to need as much sleep as everyone else.