If you have to announce it to the world…
I saw a vanity plate today with the word CREATIVE on it. I ask you: Is there anything less creative than expressing your creativity by tagging your car with the…
I saw a vanity plate today with the word CREATIVE on it. I ask you: Is there anything less creative than expressing your creativity by tagging your car with the…
My friend is scheduled to attend one of those Tupperware-type parties next week, where someone tries to sell the attendees a kitchen gadget, styling cream or knitting accouterments. My question: Why…
I promised a reader that I would share this story about my experience with Bob’s Furniture, a Connecticut-based discount furniture store with several locations throughout the state. Fifteen years ago,…
I’ve been in Connecticut for seventeen years now, almost as long as I lived in Massachusetts, and long enough to think of myself as a resident of this place rather…
Elysha and I went to Mo’s Midtown this morning for breakfast. The food was good, and Elysha actually likes their pancakes a lot, but these are several subtle oddities about…
My wife and I took Clara apple-picking at Karabin Farms. I cannot recommend this place enough. Hay rides, apple cider donuts, farm animals and lots and lots of low hanging…
Have you noticed that the states with the most vociferous pride tend to be the states filled with the most repulsive people?
Slate V produces a regular Dear Prudence video blog in which Slate contributor Emily Yoffe attempts to pass on advice to people in need of help regarding manners and morals.…
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…
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…