Phrases
Why do we call really late at night the “wee morning hours”? First of all, the word “wee” suggests a size. Time has no size. It has a duration. “Wee” could apply to the size of […]
Year: 2017
The bloom is off the Omarosa
‘Twas two weeks before Christmas, and toward Trump family sleeping — After fighting with Kelly — Omarosa came creeping. He told her the choice was resign or be fired; In too many contretemps she’d […]
Samurai Accident Poems Help Fight Bad Asian Driver Stereotype
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. It was early Thursday afternoon and Hiromichi Kotani had just finished teaching his last class of the week in theoretical physics at the Springfield Institute of Technology, so he was in a hurry to […]
Runners and Family Holiday Gatherings
Well, it’s Holiday time once again and the inevitable family get-togethers. Don’t get me wrong, they can be fun and enjoyable but, for us runners it can be challenging. While a marathon will test our […]
“I don’t really think, I just walk.” – Paris Hilton
Wednesday evening was not a good evening. On Wednesday evening, I received an email from Bill Spencer about a New York Times article about Bon Jovi being inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of […]
Stormy the Cow
Today I am grateful for Stormy the cow. She is the Houdini of bovines, who gives the phrase, “How now, brown cow,” new meaning. I’ll tell you how. Any way she wants. Stormy is […]
CBD: Cookie Baking Disorder
This humor piece is from guest writer Anne Bardsley who answered our invitation for holiday-themed posts! Thirty-two years ago, I developed a serious Cookie Baking Disorder. It has plagued me every holiday season. The CBD […]
A Holiday Jagoff Challenge! (It’s Easy)
Hey! We know that Hashtags are cool when you get a good one. But it’s hard to create an original hashtag these days and, on top of that, so many people are now walking around […]
Ability to Endure Boredom Seen as Top Indicator of Success
WESTLAND, Mass. It’s a Wednesday afternoon, the time when Emily Folkstone normally picks up her third-grade son Jeremy by herself, but today she’s accompanied by her husband Josh, who fiddles nervously with his necktie as he […]
