Murky Words

Today's Boston Globe Birthday Horoscope: You have a lot to contend with this year. Step up and take responsibility for whatever situati...

There are two reasons why I'm usually not found at book readings. The first is that the books I tend to read are by authors that are lo...

Unearthed the following gems on YouTube that any child of Channels 38 & 56 in Boston in the 70's and 80's ought to recognize. A...

Back on board the M/V Eagle again - this time heading back to Hyannis after two very relaxing days on Nantucket. Goof and I experienced Nan...

...Chocolate Milk. And, actually it was a small little carton, downed by Goof (who has posted again - YAY!), on board a big ass boat that...

Just got finished pluggin' a bunch of numbers into TurboTax. You know what happened when the final tally appeared on my computer screen...

What little free time I have these days has me spending most of it with Goof (I linked to her in the hopes that she'll use it as incent...

A new post will be coming shortly, but for now... more Flickr fun. The sleeveface pool on Flickr is the funniest thing I've seen in a l...

I think I was born about 45 years too late. I mean, I've been accused of living in the past before but this is probably a bit much. As ...

I'm not much for musicals, but man, if you can stand a little blood you have to go see Sweeney Todd. Five stars in my book. No questi...

Frosty the Snowman and I are not tight. I never really liked him, and I was definitely guilty of showing notable disinterest when he came a...

IknowIknowIknowIknowIknowIknow! This is inexcusable! You can blame holiday parties, cultural events and meaningful relationships with fri...

That post that was supposed to occur "sometime soon?" I had grand plans for it this evening. That was before my normally 45 minu...

Real life has gotten very pleasantly busy, but take heart, a new post is coming soon. Care to guess the topic? Here's a very obvious h...

Last week, in a scheduled early morning meeting, my supervisor called me into his office, shut the door, then turned to me and said, "W...

Christ, it's been awhile. My excuses? Mystery Science Theatre 3000 DVD's , lots of laundry, Bella Luna restaurant , listening to a...

There's no delicate way around it, so I might as well come right out and say it. There's another female in my life. Well, more than ...

Today, whilst stuck in traffic on the way home from work, I slowly rolled by a house for sale on Rte 9. This abode, from the outside at leas...

As alluded to in the previous post, I recently made another trip down South - this time to accompany Goof to a wedding in which she was a b...

Some random musings from a mind suffering from lack of use over a long weekend. The purpose of this exercise is simply to jump start things...

When you get out of the habit of writing, the act of getting back into it seems a monumental task... At least, that’s the way it feels at th...

Hmm... how do I even begin? I guess most of you who read this space are aware of the events in my life the past few weeks. If not... well ...

Well, the streak had to break sometime. I'm back to a more normal posting schedule, although a few sentences here and there isn't e...

Remember my Ask Metafilter post from a few weeks ago? I'm still addicted as all hell to the thing, but now I've put it to practica...

You know, you can live in a city your entire life and never see all of it. At the very least, you can still find surprises. Case in point: ...

Happy 4th of July, everyone!

Well, as of tonight the experiment is over, and I say it was a fairly successful one - successful enough that it'll continue for a litt...