Topless, frigid and amusing
As a season ticket holder, I sit in the same seats at every Patriots game. As a new season ticket holder, those seats are far from the field. My friend,…
I did not grow up with children’s books
Am I the only person in the world who has seen the film version of Where the Wild Things Are but has never read the book?
My 2010 Christmas haul
My wife is the best gift giver on the planet. In addition to getting me tickets to the last two Connecticut Forums in 2011 (Temple Grandin/Steven Pinker and John Irving/Jonathan…
Jewish infiltration at the North Pole, perhaps?
My daughter, Clara, and I spent part of Christmas day watching the Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer TV special. My wife is Jewish. I celebrate all holidays involving anthropomorphic creatures and…
How to turn a toy gun into an appropriate gift
A few pre-Christmas observations: 1. Men are simple creatures. As I meander up and down the aisles of Toys ‘R Us, I continually to stumbled upon toys that I would…
Best Christmas gift of the day
I will write about the outstanding gifts that my wife gave me later today (they really are outstanding), but the best Christmas gift that I have received thus far has…
I constantly dream about the apocalypse. Is this normal?
A friend of mine recently expressed concern when I told her that I dream about the apocalypse a couple of times a week. But it’s not always nuclear holocaust that…
The essence of me, as distilled by my wife and my high school sweetheart
I was speaking to a professor and researcher who are investigating the possibility that people who hated school make better teachers. This is a theory that I have long espoused,…
What would Emperor Hirohito think?
I’m happy that I am able to watch so much BBC programing here in America, but I think US television networks are missing a golden opportunity by not broadcasting more…
What will your last words be? Are you prepared?
Richard Holbrook, American diplomat and primary architect of the Dayton Peace Accords, died following emergency heart surgery. He was serving as a special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan at the…
