The Place to Take a Humor Break
WAYLAND, Mass. After divorcing her husband of thirteen years last fall, tech entrepreneur Beth Marquis knew she needed a new source of companionship in her life, but wasn’t sure she was ready for a dog. […]
Regrettably, Sehgal fails to report experiments in which rats, offered a lever that releases cocaine, press for more and more stimulis until they die, even though this model would explain the Federal Reserve’s approach to […]
It’s that time of year in New England. The fall foliage that retirees from Kansas travel here by the busload to see is blazing, a chill is in the air, mucus is in your throat–in […]
Evolutionary psychologists argue that the human brain evolved as an entertainment device for male hominids competing to impress females. Charlotte Allen, The New Dating Game, The Weekly Standard Me and my buddies Ug […]
Call me crazy, but I like to write poetry. For cats. Cats are a good training ground for poets. They are largely indifferent to poetry, like the overwhelming majority of people, but that still makes […]
Wondering whatever happened to the Kickstarter campaign to fund your cousin’s avant-garde film about left-handed mimes? Unsatisfied with the t-shirt you got for sending $50 to the Ice Skating for the Homeless Foundation? The Crowdfunding Action Reporter is here to […]
NEWTON, Mass. There’s a long line this morning at the front desk of the hotel located on the site of the former Norumbega Park along the Charles River in this suburb of Boston, but the […]
BRIGHTON, Mass. Like all of us, Mike Ovashevski isn’t getting any younger, and in his case a big milestone looms ahead. “I turn 70 next year,” he says wistfully. “I didn’t want to end my […]
BOSTON. Alton Birdsell, Jr. will admit that what he was doing in Quincy Market here last night wasn’t exactly appropriate for a public street, but it was something that had to be done. “I always […]
I’ve noticed a trend recently. The East Coast newspapers I read, such as The New York Times and The Boston Globe, have taken to lecturing ordinary schmoes like me on a regular basis that things we believe […]