The second consecutive Ashmont train screeched to a halt and the doors whirred open ( Read more... )

On the T ride home today, I smiled at myself in the grease-tinted window. I tried not to, as I didn't want to call attention to myself. Then I remembered that once the subway door slams shut, one is silently absorbed into the crowd, a nameless passenger on a collective but anonymous journey. So I remained invisibly happy, but periodically checked ( Read more... )

I run about three miles every other day, and God always comes with me ( Read more... )

The bird in my car was a crow, and we cawed at it so hard.

Which hat matches my placenta?

Greetings! Wondering if any of you can help with this: a friend of mine at Boston magazine is working on a freelance piece about how to make the most of your undergraduate experience, and she needs to talk to some students that go to out-of-state schools that are very active in extracurriculars/student activities. If you have any friends that meet ( Read more... )

What an insult.

the Prankster

(43% dark, 34% spontaneous, 16% vulgar)

your humor style:
CLEAN | COMPLEX | LIGHT

Your humor has a slightly more intellectual or even conceptual slant to it. You're not pretentious at all, but you aren't into what some would call 'low humor'. This isn't to say you wouldn't laugh at a good dirty joke, but you'd ( Read more... )

My high school best friend, Chris, got married earlier this month. I was in the wedding party, so I was involved in every aspect of the "wedding weekend," from the rehearsal dinner Friday night to the (albeit cursory) clean-up late Sunday night ( Read more... )

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My Dad gave me my first teddy bear on my first Valentine's Day, which was now 25 years ago. Teddy has since been hugged so many times (and had faced death more than once at the jaws of my old Golden Retriever) that he's essentially faceless, save his eye sockets that are always leaking stuffing ( Read more... )