I’m an 80s Badass and Beyond

I have gotten my emotional well-being and professional ass thoroughly kicked by COVID for the past 2 years. Turns out … More

Tainted Love of Music

We all know without Black people there would be no rock ‘n roll. Actually, without Black people there wouldn’t be … More

Empire Loan

I work primarily from home and have taken to listening to WERS, the local Boston station of Emerson College. Their … More

What the Hell Is a County?

Let’s file this one under random junk email I get at work. Part of this is my fault because I … More

The Jets and the Sharks

There are these very interesting trees near my house, and I’ve been meaning to take a picture of them every … More

I Ain’t Afraid of No Cold

And here we are. Mid-September. People often say (and I’ve said it myself in the past), how did it get … More

CronaWatch 2020

I totally stole that from Bob Marley — the comedian, not the musician — and if you want to pronounce … More

Magic Bus Ride

I was waiting for the bus not long ago, and I had a series of nearly blog-worthy moments come to … More

Rumination DJ

My friend Jeff Driskell, a social work professor at Salem State University, recently gave a great TEDx talk called My Unique … More

Muthahs

In 2015 I wrote a Mother’s Day post about finally getting over a Mother’s Day thing that happened when the … More