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 [...]

Random Thoughts, the Eleventh

I’ve spent most of the past week in my kitchen, baking away like a busy little elf. Since I’m short on cash this year (thanks, unemployment!), I decided to bake cookies for most people’s gifts. I made four different kinds of cookies and three different “edible gifts” which is just a way of saying “not [...]