Monday 5/1/23 There's a lot going on and about to be a lot more. Yesterday was a nadir of uselessness. As useless as I've been in a day...

Sunday 4/30/23 It is Walpurgis Night--either the second or most haunted night of the year, depending on how you weigh Halloween, though...

Sunday 4/30/23 Alcohol makes stupid people stupider and angry people angrier. So consider its effect on people who are stupid and angry....

Saturday 4/29/23 Late in the afternoon the other day I went down to sit by the harbor. I hadn't been out for two days. Not once. The...

Friday 4/28/23 I shouldn't be up right now, but for whatever reason I haven't been able to fall asleep as early as I'd like lately and...

Friday 4/28/23 Having watched the first period of Game 6 of this Bruins-Panthers series, I now think the Panthers are more likely to win...

Wednesday 4/26/23 The other day "Finder of Views" was something like 4200 words. Then it went to 3700. Now it's at 6100. First thing I...

Tuesday 4/25/23 The NHL playoffs are a good reminder to go as hard as you can all the way through. You may think you know and you may...

Monday 4/24/23 Went back to the Mother's Day op-ed I wrote last year and expanded it. Wrote an 1800 word piece on this grail of a Rolling...

Sunday 4/23/23 * Before the playoffs began, I said that I didn't really believe in the Edmonton Oilers because they're so power play...

Sunday 4/23/23 Yesterday--a Saturday--I began work at five in the morning. It was eight o'clock at night and I still hadn't stopped or...

Saturday 4/22/23 The letter moves a little, then a little more, making its way across the floor so that the cat may read what the mouse...

Saturday 4/22/23 I thought this would be something interesting that's worth doing. I've done it from time to time in these pages--looking...

Thursday 4/20/23 A friend said to me before the start of this first round Bruins-Panthers series that the Bruins should sweep, and then...

Wednesday 4/19/23 The post-upset, anti-parity thrills of the NHL playoffs As a lifelong fan of the Boston Bruins and longtime writer on...

Wednesday 4/19/23 I am my version of ground to a halt. All is difficulty and hope bordering on non-existent if it's not outrightly...

Monday 4/17/23 It's Marathon Monday here in Massachusetts, which is Patriots' Day. I was on Boylston Street yesterday and there were so...

Sunday 4/16/23 * Ran 3000 stairs yesterday, did 100 push-ups. Walked five miles today, did 300 push-ups, ran 5000 stairs. Did those...

Sunday 4/16/23 I had something called "All of that Which I Cannot Do" from whenever it was from. As I've written, things are changing,...

Saturday 4/15/23 Yesterday I was working at the desk when a confrontation ensued outside in the street. On account of the building that...

Saturday 4/15/23 I've mentioned the story "Big Bob and Little Bob" in these pages a number of times over the last few weeks. I've said...

Saturday 4/15/23 Much work into the night from Thursday to Friday, then much work into the morning last night. Don't even want to try and...

Friday 4/14/23 Essentially a guest entry. Just thought this was a very thoughtful, articulate letter that someone sent me after reading...

Thursday 4/13/23 Was at the cafe yesterday doing my Civil War reading. Once a week--I think it's once a week, and it's probably the same...