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One of the reasons why Americans are so terrible at learning new languages is that other languages assign genders to nouns, while American English avoided this.

Superman is boring. What’s interesting about a guy who can do everything?

While I technically work for public radio,  you can tell that I'm not a consisent on-air personality because I don't have one of those interesting, mellifluous public radio names. I ran my and my family's names through the public radio name generator to see how we'd all end up once we had our own syndicated shows.

My pal Julie presented a beautiful birthday cake she had made me this weekend.

Well, folks, it’s come down to this. What is Claire Zulkey’s favorite kind of pasta?

Do you know how old I am? No seriously, tell me. Because I’m approaching that age where I start to forget what my actual age is. (I think it’s 34, unless it’s 43?

STFU, Parents has skewered the strange world of parental social media overshares and given me lots of laughs, silent commiseration and a bit of a guide on how not to behave online.