When to Say No to A Career in Horticulture
I never felt moved to garden. A weekly CSA full of carrots makes a delicious gift, but last year when I was craving a fresh rhubarb crisp, our CSA farmer Clyde Gunderson delivered a bushel […]
Category: Fiction
The Mata Hari of the Faculty Lounge
Federal agents are warning leaders at top universities to be on the lookout for foreign spies or potential terrorists trying to steal their research. The Boston Globe I was sitting in my office, trying to […]
This dissin’ with Megatron is disastrous to say the least.
People often ask what’s wrong with me. People wonder why I’m so cynical. Yesterday wasn’t my birthday. I counted all the people on Facebook who didn’t wish me a happy birthday. I counted a lot […]
Temporary Bachelorhood
It’s only been a day since my wife left town, but the dishes are stacking up. Normally, we both do dishes throughout the day, yielding a clean sink by nightfall. But with me home alone, […]
For Thoreau, Fame Came From Fierce Competition
CONCORD, Mass. The cool breeze blowing off Walden Pond this spring is an ill wind for the reputation of Henry David Thoreau, the “Sage of Concord” who is revered by back-to-nature types who imitate his […]
Friday Humor Devotional
Dear Lord, please forgive me for losing my temper with my father. When he offered to drag the kids along while he was food shopping I didn’t think he meant literally, Amen. P.s. Don’t forget […]
To Hell With National Good Posture Month
May is supposed to be a merry month, going back as far as Elizabethan dramatist Thomas Dekker, who wrote the deathless lines: O, the month of May, the merry month of May, So frolic, so […]
Airbag Manufacturer Fights Recall, Says Airbags Are Safe, Just Avoid Running Into Anything
A major manufacturer of airbags sourced in many brands of automobiles has resisted a recall of its airbags, despite many high-profile incidences in which many consumers have had shards of various sharp objects explode into […]