The sun is the same in a relative way but you’re older…
Recently, on a relative whim, I decided to fly out to Ohio and visit where I attended college. I had noticed about halfway through March that the Bruins were playing in Pittsburgh on a Saturday afternoon (April 1) and I figured that might be fun to attend, so why not...
That’s Me in the Corner
I attended my first in-person Mitzvah ever this weekend, a Bat Mitzvah. I attended at Bar Mitzvah a couple of years ago, but it was on Zoom because it was during COVID. I'm not even sure if I'm supposed to use the word "Mitzvah" alone? Is it only correct if I say it...
Say it Louder
I don't consider myself to be overly dramatic, and I'm happy to say that a few people on my team at work have told me that my relatively calm demeanor is one of the things that makes being on our team enjoyable. I'm always glad to hear that. My general approach at...
Friendship
The hockey locker room is such an interesting place for so many reasons, many of which I won't talk about in this post. Haha. But two things struck me over the past few weeks about the locker room. You see, I've been playing in this early-morning league for the better...
They’re Soaking Up the Fauna, Doing Blotters…
I love all the hype around Cocaine Bear. It's not going to slot anywhere in the pantheon of the top 10 movies ever made, but I do think it checks a post-pandemic box - a movie that is made to be consumed in a theatre with a bunch of strangers. Perhaps aside from Top...
All Your Favorite Bands
Several times a year, I am asked what my favorite bands are. Or I'm sucked in by some kind of Facebook post where people are talking about their favorite concerts ever. Or their top five songs. Then there's always the "desert island disc" thing, where people ask if I...
Bad Time
A few days back, The New York Times ran this piece about expiration dates on food. They tackle many different types of food and how certain ingredients really can be consumed over a long, long period. This is an interesting subject for me. I'm a person who pretty much...
Right Down the Line
In my observation and based on no data whatsoever, I'd say 75% of people don't end up making a living doing what they originally envisioned as younger people. My major in college was Journalism & Mass Communications. I always wanted to either write or somehow be...
Lips Like Sugar
I'm not sure when I grew to be suspect or dubious about claims made on food packages, but it's definitely not a new thing for me. As far back as 2006, I wrote a massively controversial blog post about Fig Newtons (blog comments: zero), which had just released their...
You’re Too Weird
Ladies and gentlemen, your elected officials. George Santos is a fascinating story, but one that tracks just perfectly if you think about the long, downward spiral that seems to be our government. Imagine you're a regular person interviewing for a normal office job...
Life is Life
The concept of "life expectancy" would appear logical at the outset. "Hey, let's let's just use math to try and estimate the average lifespan of a human being." Or a dog. Or turtle. Whatever it is. I think there's subconscious comfort for people, perhaps, in knowing...
Masters of War
As a kid, we always received daily newspapers. We'd get the Worcester Telegram in the morning, the Clinton Daily Item, and the Evening Gazette at night. Of course, much like the rest of America's newspapers, they've gone through massive upheaval with the onset of the...