As Karl Wirz sat in his hotel room, he reckoned that he had never been in such a desolate place in his whole life.  As a newspaper photographer, he’d been […]

We lost a little friend on Friday.  He will be badly missed. Bandit was never meant to be … he was the result of hasty, unplanned sex that took place […]

[WARNING: This will be a longish blog, because I’m including some quotes and snips that I think are important … if you hate long blogs, and don’t have time to […]

The young woman you see to the right was a journalism student at Emerson College. She was a Boston Red Sox fan. She was bright, attractive, and by all accounts […]

Yesterday was an interesting day.  My big blue and gold macaw, Sammy, came to the office with me so we could more conveniently get him to an afternoon grooming appointment. […]

There’s been a recent flurry of stories in our blogring about teachers, and ways of gently but hilariously tweaking them. I’ve felt the need to participate, but most of my […]

Very quickly and by way of explanation, I offer the following first paragraph. My wife and I had some problems in the last few weeks. There has been no betrayal […]