Fun Fact about Me: I have an ancestor who was a governor of the Jamestown colony, the first permanent British settlement in North America. That means I have ancestors that were here a decade before the Mayflower. But guess what? He was still an immigrant! Every year or so since the Great Recession, we seem […]
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Meaning of Burning
6th grade. It was like every male in middle school discovered the word “virgin” all at once. It appeared on our tongues overnight, like a rabid ulcer. I was slow to pick up on things back then. Slow to care about what the other fellas were into. My mind was occupied with Weird Al lyrics […]
New Christmas Traditions, or Tips for Visiting Your Loved Ones In Nursing and Rehabilitation Centers During the Holidays
Bring a gift. Go to that tiny store with the vintage decorations that you always pass on your way to work. Tell the salesperson there that you’re looking for the shiniest ornaments that you can find. Explain that they’re for someone who’s hospitalized and can’t see well, even though that’s not completely true. Get a […]
A Letter to Andrew Garfield
Dear Andrew Garfield, Let me start with a caveat: I actually like you. You seem funny and personable in the media. You are a good actor from what I have seen. You are currently starring in the London production of Angels in America, an iconic play about the AIDS epidemic written by an important gay […]
The Best Places to Cry in Public in Boston (With Historical Notes & Tips On How Best to Cry in Them)
The JetBlue terminal at Logan Airport Kind of cry it’s good for: Subtly Quaking Shoulders. You are hung over and maudlin. Sit heavily in the gate area of the delayed plane from which you just debarked and cry for having wrecked it all on the very last night of the trip. Try it! People will […]
We Can’t Impeach Now: Throwing a Missile into the Impeachment Gearworks
Since essentially January 21st 2017, there have been calls for Trump’s impeachment. As he has now engaged in direct military action in Syria, he joins a long line of presidents engaging us in war for dubious purposes. As much as we’d like to fantasize that the sick irony of considering refugee children a threat before […]
