As a child of the late ’80s and ’90s, I can mark my grade school years by a series of fads. First came pogs. Then there were beanie babies. Next up: Tamagotchis and Tech Decks. And it’s impossible to ...

Terrible news. Mere weeks after obtaining my beloved fidget spinner, I have been told that not only are they "over," but they have been over for months. The first murmurs of the spinner's demise came ...

The question no parent wants to be asked. Ever. I nervously agreed, ready to be told the time and location of said meeting. She came up close and said: “I’ve banned the fidget spinners.” As she spoke, ...

I did not mean to quit smoking when I smoked my last cigarette four months, two weeks, three days, and roughly 18 hours ago. Nor did I think I would become an outspoken advocate for fidget spinners, ...

I have a couple things to say about Mrs. Eilhauer’s fourth-grade class at Wescott School in Northbrook. First, I will be hiring the students to write most if not all of my future columns, because they ...

Norman Reedus keeps it clean for Christmas. The actor, who gets pretty filthy in “The Walking Dead,” once gave everyone in his life Roombas ($300) in their stockings. “I was obsessed with those vacuum ...

Last weekend, I shelled out a fiver on two fidget spinners for my children. We joined a queue that snaked to the back of the toy shop with everyone waiting to buy the same thing. 20 ways kids annoy ...