The Place to Take a Humor Break
It was the spring of 1964. Nearly four years earlier, a lanky American high jumper named John Thomas, favored to win the gold medal at the Rome Olympics, had placed third behind two dastardly Russian competitors, Valery Brumel and Robert Shavlakadze. The […]
Spring is here, which means driving fun time, unless your vehicle is a garbage truck or there’s a guy in the back seat with a gun who demands that you take him to an Eagles […]
When you’re a failed novelist such as I, you look for every sign, however slight, that your children will achieve the goal you fell short of. So I remember my excitement when the nurse moved the little […]
Wondering whether your carry-on item will fit in the overhead compartment? Concerned that the stewardess won’t reach your row with a complimentary bag of peanuts before the plane lands? Ask the Worldly Traveler–she’s been everywhere! […]
SOMERVILLE, Mass. Maggie Turbek was once a promising young writer, but at age 58 she finds her future is largely behind her. “I had one moderately successful novel, so I feel I accomplished something,” she says […]
She is a thing of beauty. Stella Artois ad, depicting woman drinking beer A Thing of Beauty is a Beer Forever, John Keats A thing of beauty is a beer forever: Its foamy head […]
A Boston-area woman has earned the nickname “The Bra Whisperer” for her skill at properly fitting women with undergarments. The Boston Globe We was hunkered down on […]
It was Thursday night, but looming ahead was Saturday and another polite suburban party at which, after a couple of pops and convivial conversation with the husbands, I’d say something that embarrasses my wife in […]
CONCORD, Mass. Ethel Farley has been a teacher in the schools here for over two decades, long enough to be able to spot a young girl with a broken heart halfway across a crowded lunch […]
BOSTON. Maeve Bluestone is the gateway that all who would enter the inner sanctum of Michael Aramik, her long-time boss, must pass through. “He can be a very genial man,” she says as she checks […]