The Place to Take a Humor Break
It’s a cool spring day and I’m sitting in Quincy Market, Boston, Ground Zero for the Boston singles scene. At an age that qualifies for Social Security I’m decidedly out of place, but less so […]
BOSTON. The Boston Marathon, the world’s oldest annual marathon, attracts runners from around the world every Patriot’s Day, a holiday on the third Monday in April that serves as an excuse for local bureaucrats to […]
As I prepare for my descent into the soft landing of retirement and review the things I want to do with the last (if I’m lucky) two decades of my life, conventional goals such as […]
WESTLAND, Mass. The Boston Marathon, the nation’s oldest, is tomorrow, so the weekend before would normally be a time of high anticipation for Nicole Stansler, who’ll be running in her fifteenth such event. “I always […]
They were, in retrospect, a Periclean Golden Age; a time of innocence, but a time of experience as well. Like the Jazz Age, they burned brightly for only a brief period, but their embers continue to […]
DOWNERS GROVE, Illinois. At the age of 73, Zack Coffelt still can’t believe he’s a grandfather, much less a happy one. “My generation believed you couldn’t trust anyone over 30, and now I’m an old […]
It’s happened to me twice lately. I send someone a gift, in one case a book of my poems because a woman asked me for it, in the second a copy of A.J. Liebling’s The […]
It was the spring of my senior year in college. Everybody was coasting, knowing either what they were going to be doing the next year, or that they’d be doing nothing. Except for one guy, […]
Even in the best relationships, things do not always go smoothly. Unfortunately, many people are so enthralled when love is in full bloom that they miss the first signs when it gets infested with chinch […]
Oh and dont let me tell u about TAXES! Did you know that it is NOT a law that you HAVE TO PAY TAXES? Wow..hold up..droppin 2 much knowledge.” Tweet by “professional bisexual” Tila Tequila […]