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I Hate This Ad
I opened the cover of this Sunday’s New York Times Magazine and there she was – again. A young woman in casual clothes holding a cup of coffee, her hand pressed against an expanse of floor-to-ceiling glass, overlooking the sea. … Continue reading
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Tagged BNY Mellon, New York Times Magazine, Virginia Woolf, wealth management
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Happy New Year
I guess 2015 is going to be the year of finding beauty in unlikely places. After cleaning up from a terrific New Year’s eve party, I opened the dishwasher to discover that plastic wine glasses suffer from the heat. But … Continue reading
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Cooking Lessons
It is a truth universally acknowledged that I am a single man in possession of a good fortune who wants for nothing. Like many eighteenth century characters my fortune is measured in income rather than wages. Although I don’t possess … Continue reading
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Tagged cooking, cooking humor, housemate, Jane Austen, Mr. Darcy
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One Hundred Years Ago Tonight
A poem by my friend, Bertrand Fay: | | My name is John Wiggand My mates, good lads all, call me Wiggers Countrymen, my fam’ly for generations Know the woods and fields of Hertfordshire My Ma is gone. My Da … Continue reading
Clinical Test Reject
Over the past year, I’ve offered myself up as guinea pig to a variety of clinical tests. I have a keen interest in neuroscience in general and Alzheimer’s disease in particular, so most of my inquiries have been brain-related. I … Continue reading
Boston Globe Magazine – Raising Roofs to Sweeping Dirt
Architecture by Moonlight has officially launched! Many thanks to Susanne Althoff, Francis Storrs, Hans Schulz, and the Boston Globe Magazine for publishing an excerpt; New England Mobile Book Fair, Book Ends, Harvard Bookstore, and Calamus for hosting readings, Joe McDonough … Continue reading
The Virtues of Being Colorblind
Long before the word ‘colorblind’ became a saccharine euphemism for ‘not racist’, it described a person’s inability to see certain colors because the cones in their retinas do not register the complete spectrum of wavelengths entering the eye. It’s a … Continue reading
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Tagged colorblind, colorblind test, colorblindness, Mark Rothko
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Medium is the New Message – Culture Club is the New Party
If 140 characters stymie your expression, time to move past Twitter and explore Medium. Medium.com is a longer form collection of essays, rants, humor, and quality writing, started by Twitter co-founders Evan Williams and Biz Stone in 2012 with an … Continue reading
Ocean View Restaurant
Sometimes it’s important to take the long view on the good things in life. My wife and I went to the Ocean View Restaurant on our honeymoon because it was so romantic. My wife and I … Continue reading
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Tagged A Prairie Home Companion, Garrison Keillor, Ocean View Restaurant
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Let Pilobolus Build the New World Order
I attended an incredible workshop this week; WBUR Cognoscenti published my thoughts about letting the improvisational dance group Pilobolus show the world how to lead, follow, and all get along. Since Cognoscenti doesn’t pitch events, the awkward poser can recommend that … Continue reading
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Tagged Citi Schubert Theater, dance, Pilobolus, Pilobolus at Play, WBUR Cognoscenti
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