Germans continue to win despite their defeat
A couple of my closest friends live in the town of Berlin, CT. That’s Ber-LIN. Not BER-lin. I got wondering about why the town’s name is pronounced differently than the…
This is not semantics
It’s bad when you don’t know what you don’t know. But it’s worse when you don’t know that you don’t know what you don’t know. The message being: Humility. Follow…
Forgotten past
This evening I spent about three hours cleaning out boxes of old letters, cards and mementos from the past. I threw out a lot (much of which made no sense…
Happy Camper
Last week I brought my students to a YMCA camp for three days of outdoor education. On the morning of our departure, I donned a tee-shirt that featured the smiling…
The bride is pretty
I have noticed a disturbing trend over the past year that I have managed to document and analyze in order to determine if my observations have been accurate. As a…
Peanut allergy is peanuts by comparison
Results published in the Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology indicate that more than 30% of children with food allergies report being bullied or teased — often repeatedly — because…
Most famous Newington resident?
Last week I received an email from a fellow Newington resident and fan named Tony that read: I have an oddball question for you that I've been thinking about for…
Rewriting Melville
When I was in 8th grade, I was asked to write a book report on a novel by a famous American author. Mrs. Bennett took the class to the library…
The truth will set the wolves on you
I don’t like to lie. There was a time in my life when lying was my unfortunate specialty. Attempting to maintain two or three girlfriends at a time required a…
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