Blog | Todd Ransford

The Elephant and the Proboscis Monkey are Friends

When my daughter was about seven, her one job in the morning was to make her bed. The problem was that she had accumulated a collection...

"You're not wrong, Walter; you're just an asshole!"

For anyone who has not seen “The Big Lebowski,” the scene takes place in a diner with Walter (John Goodman) arguing with The Dude (Jeff...

It depends on how you look at it

This past year I decided to revisit some of the books that made a big impact on me as a young man and see what they look like now, as a...

Ambivalence

Twenty years ago, I stumbled upon something important. I was working as an employee at a mid-size business at the time and got into a...

Connection

In couples, it’s not unusual to find mismatches in how people respond to problems. Typically, men want to jump right into problem-solving...

How do you catch a duck?

The 15-year-old girl glowers at her mother across the room. “You are so stupid. The more you try to control me the more I’m just going to...