Trust (and helpful strangers)
I love living in a place, and a country, where the level of trust among the citizenry is so high. I’ve written about this before, however…
Back in a flash
I stepped out of the office to watch the inauguration, and tried to get the crackin’ Grommet Discovery team to come along. I was just going…
The “Thankful” game
We celebrated a happy and delectable Thanksgiving yesterday in the same way we have for over twenty years; in the home of my college friends Kevin…
Of surprise candy apples and underfed teenagers
Food & Wine magazine published its 30th anniversary issue this month. I’ve read every issue for 26 of those years. This was an improbable outcome for…
No Quibble Policy or, Many Happy Returns
Jim recently asked me, “Did you know that the unfettered ability to return a purchase, no questions asked, was (and is) a largely American consumer innovation? …
Dog-sharing
Todays’ WSJ has a front page piece on pet-time-sharing. Pros, cons, case studies. Hey there Journal– we did that for six years with our greyhound Gracie. …
Vinyl Sentiments
My oldest boy soon returns to college as an RA in his dorm. He has to have his hall doors decorated with thematic name tags before…
What I miss about Ireland
I stumbled on a very visual and funny post that Guy Kawasaki wrote about a recent trip to Dublin. It was light and entertaining, and inspired…
The Obama Bargain
The only thing protecting the conservative black writer Shelby Steele from a witch hunt, after today’s excoriating opinion piece about Obama, is its appearance in the…
Three quick weekend recommendations
Two plays and a museum exhibit, in order of preference and urgency: “The Clean House” –a comedy at the Arsenal Center for the Arts, in Watertown.…
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