I had no intention of going to the Red Sox championship parade today. None at all. I’m a guy who drives to New Hampshire every weekend to get away from people – not to find myself in the midst of 2 million of them. The thought of attending didn’t even […]
“There’s a lot of beauty in ordinary things. Isn’t that the point?” – Pam Beesly Halpert That was the final line from the final episode of The Office. It was also the line that had me up late at night, once again reading about the guy who wrote Our Town. I’ve […]
His consistent banging on the drums of God’s unconditional love sounded at a time when many of us had about ‘had it up to here’ with religion and church and, probably most importantly, ourselves. We were the tired, poor, self-hating huddled masses yearning to be free, and along came a […]
I’m back in the US after spending a week in Colombia. This is another journal of my trip. Here was the first in case you missed it. The combination of winding roads, high elevation and Mario Andretti wannabe drivers made me super nauseous every time we got in a cab. Incidentally, if […]
I learn firsthand something I’ve suspected for a long time. There are, indeed, people who live outside of the United States of America. The life is different. So different, I feel as though I might as well be on another planet. In this case, that planet’s name is “Colombia”. I […]
I love Cyndi Lauper. (It feels so good typing that, I’m going to type it again.) I LOVE CYNDI LAUPER! (Oh yes! The freedom in professing my love! I know girls just want to have fun, but I’m coming right out with my feelings, Cyndi. You know where I stand. […]
I don’t know much about Jennifer Lawrence. I know even less about Kristen Stewart. But their names seem to be popping up everywhere lately. From what I can tell, everyone seems to adore the former and not care as much about the latter. I wonder: is it possible for Lawrence […]
I picked my buddy up at the airport tonight. Unfortunately for both of us, I had the wrong airport. One thing you notice when you’re waiting to pick someone up – especially when you’re at the wrong airport – is a number of people who aren’t the person you are trying to […]
If you try to have faith, you will be attacked by doubts you never knew you were capable of. But you keep on believing, even if you fall, even if you struggle with doubts, you keep on believing. And if you live a life that is marked by hope, by […]
I’ll never forget my first memory of Hulkamania running wild. I was probably about 7 years old. It was a Saturday night, back in the days before cable had been widely adopted. In those simpler times, the TV only got about 6 channels. One of those channels was NBC. I […]
