I first learned about Dad’s cancer just a few days after publishing my 200th consecutive (and last) weekly humor column in September of 2021.
Three months later, Dad died.
It was an especially aggressive cancer presumed to be associated from his exposure to Agent Orange while serving in Vietnam. Read More
Anyone who knows that both President Biden and former President Trump have already won enough delegates to clinch their parties nominations may be wondering about Connecticut’s upcoming (April 2nd) Presidential Preference Primary, “why should I vote in an election where the winner has already been decided?” It’s a great question! Read More
During one of our many conversations on Gratitude last month (my daughter’s pre-K theme), something flipped inside my brain and I started thinking about my hearing challenges in a whole new way.
This inspired me to share my experience with Connecticut newspaper readers hoping that some might not only relate to my hearing frustrations, but also relate to my newfound perspective thereby lightening themselves of that burden. Read More
I’m deeply honored to be invited back as a keynote speaker at the National At-Home Dad Network’s annual convention: HomeDadCon.
It will be an interactive keynote full of moments for members to share their own stories alongside mine as we talk about the magical parts of childhood. Read More
As I told the attendees during my keynote speech, “Stay-at-home dads are like exotic birds. Everybody knows they exist, but seeing one in the wild is completely disorienting.”
It was completely disorienting to speak, drink, and dine with such a large, diverse, and enthusiastic group of men who made the same decision I made three years ago to become a full-time parent. Read More
I’m a bit sad that The Children’s Museum is moving from their long-term home in West Hartford at the end of the week.
I’ll remember the location fondly as one of the only physical spaces to survive from my early childhood until my kids’ early childhoods nearly forty years later. Read More
Americans from every corner will come together tonight at exactly 11 PM Eastern time to see if they’ve won the Mega Millions $1 billion plus lottery drawing.
I will probably forget to watch it live, but I’ll have my ticket handy for whenever I first see the winning numbers. Read More
Welcome to the re-designed uncommondiscourse.com. This site spotlights my work as a writer and a public speaker.
From 2017 through 2021, I published a weekly humor column here. It won the National Society of Newspaper Columnists’ 2019 award for Best Humor Column in its class. The entire 200-column archive may still be found here.
Please take a look around the new website to learn more about my work in genres such as memoir, humor, poetry, and storytelling. Read More
We’re thrilled to launch a full first season of The Uncommon Discourse Podcast, where acclaimed storyteller Chris Gaffney reads and discusses ten of his most popular humor columns. Read More