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 [...]

Three Cheers for Liberal Arts

“The most valuable skill anyone can learn in college is how to learn efficiently — how to figure out what you don’t know and build on what you do know to adapt to new situations and new problems.” I may be biased, seeing as I am on of THOSE liberal arts students who graduated with [...]

The Next Step

Next week represents another new milestone in my life, as exactly one week from today, I’ll be starting my new job. If you’ve been reading Ordinary Mer for any decent length of time, you know that I’ve been unemployed and actively searching for work for the last six months or so. A couple of weeks [...]