Aliens Among Us

Last Monday, I wrote about my belief in extraterrestrial life, a post which came about in part because my friend Kim recently got me hooked on the “How the Universe Works” series on the Discovery channel. The mini-series originally aired in 2010 and explores some of the mysteries of the universe, such as black holes, [...]

Random Thoughts, the Twelfth

We are now three weeks into 2012 and, at this time last year, New England had already received dozens of inches of snow and pretty much a blizzard a week. My, how the times have changed. Despite a freak Halloween weekend storm and a few smaller storms last week, Boston is experiencing a shocking dearth [...]

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 [...]