The Place to Take a Humor Break
BOSTON. Donna Del Vecchio works in the accounting department of a large law firm here, and says she has “the most thankless task in the entire American economy”–approving partners’ requests for expense reimbursements. “$95 for a […]
I got the news in April, just as I was reviewing the final short story submissions by my students at Pumpsie Green Community College in Boston. That old wives’ tale/urban myth about professors grading papers […]
QUIBDO, Colombia. It’s “Day of Return” in this, the capital of the Choco, a department (roughly equivalent to a U.S. state) of Colombia. “Today we put the Children of Affluence back into the belly of […]
High school graduation time is here, which means that over-achieving young women across America are preparing for the next phase of their lives–matriculation (which is not as painful as it sounds) at an expensive four-year […]
Sometimes, it takes a tragedy to change the way we view the world. For me, it was the story of David Sharp. Sharp was a climber in distress who died 300 feet from the summit […]
COLUMBIA, Missouri. Timmy Salmon has enjoyed his big brother Tom’s four years at the University of Missouri, visiting the Sigma Nu fraternity house on football game days and being fawned over by visiting sorority girls. […]
It was one of those fashionable academic parties where emulation–in the form of whom, among the assembled group, possessed the most extensive knowledge of classic rock lyrics, and whose tastes in the matter were most […]
EVANSTON, Ill. When he retired from writing last year, Charles McClatchey had won every prize and award given to authors of children’s books both here and in England, including the Newbery Medal, the Caldecott Medal […]
An Art Degree Could Give You a Leg Up on the Robots Submishmash, linking to article on Quartz “Thanks, but I’m actually dating Julio. And Evan.” We were sitting in Life Drawing 101 when […]
It’s been a long winter without much of a spring in New England, and I was beginning to get worried about the malaise that Spot–the dog puppet you may remember from Pets.com commercials–had fallen into. He’s usually a […]