There's a report in the Globe today about gang violence and retaliation in the city. I'd seen that and similar coverage in the Metro paper you get for free on the T. Neither article really moved me until I found out from a woman in the office that one of the murdered teens had been a role model to other so-called court-involved kids in a therapy ( Read more... )

How could it be that long ( Read more... )

Along the way, I was cheered on by ( Read more... )

Since I knew I was going to be in the LA area but not for long, I wanted to make plans well ahead of time to visit with madbard. So I suggested we walk the LA Marathon together, and we signed up ( Read more... )

My day at the home office was routine, up until I heard my colleague complain from the next room, "I'm not Tyra Banks, you have to tell me what to do ( Read more... )

I normally telecommute from Massachusetts to California, but at the beginning of the month, I flew out to the O.C. for a couple of business meetings. I was whisked away from the airport in a colleague's Jaguar for a sumptuous dinner in an elegant heated courtyard. Then I was put up in a suite so over-the-top it came with an excess of two sinks ( Read more... )

I'm thinking of applying to be an egg donor. I'm generally not in favor of adding to the population, but plenty of jerks are doing so and no one can stop that, and I feel bad for real-life Charlotte Yorks out there who have to jump through so many hoops to get baby ( Read more... )

Those people who say, "I have so much more energy when I work out!" and "I have so much less of an appetite when I exercise."

Am I the only one who's fatigued by working out and made ravenous by exercise?

There's a New Agey center right near where I live. For months, I've had a flyer from the center that advertised a Monday night meditation class. Right up my alley, but I never got around to dropping in ( Read more... )

I went to a barbecue for Eckerd alums last weekend. I didn't see anyone I knew, but it was fun to hang out with some interesting people where a sense of belonging came automatically ( Read more... )