The Curse of Resolutions

I like to think of myself as a fairly generous person, willing to share and accommodate. I don’t think I’m particularly selfish and I understand that it’s not all about me. But I do like my routines and I have the somewhat dubious habit of getting attached to my routines, to the point that it [...]

A Toy is a Toy is a Toy

A few weeks ago, I came across an article on the Internet that caused me to rethink my entire childhood. You see, it turns out, as I grew up, I had spent countless hours playing with “boy” toys, only I was ignorant of this fact and my childhood was somehow incomplete because I didn’t have [...]

See Something? Say Something

(Fair warning: what follows is pretty much a rant and a venting. And yes, I know exactly what kind of quagmire I’m stepping into. It’s never stopped me before.) Here in Boston, in our version of the subway – affectionately known as the T – there are signs everywhere asking commuters and tourists alike to [...]