OK, so I’m going to be having some surgery. I was going to try not to write about this at all on this here blog because I can’t stand self-indulgent, here’s-what-I-ate-for-breakfast-type blogs but I am sort of obsessed with this right now and find it hard to write about anything el...

Walk down the main street in my Boston neighborhood and you will see a sidewalk crowded with older folks pushing baby strollers. You might think these folks are grandparents to the children, but you would be wrong. They are the parents. It has become extremely common — at least in my corner of...

I read two Richard Yates novels, Revolutionary Road and The Easter Parade, and adored them. If you watch Mad Men on TV, read Revolutionary Road to see the inspiration for the popular television series. Both novels are flawless. I just finished reading Still Alice, a novel about a Harvard professor w...

We are the first generation to spend more time in elder care for our parents than in raising our kids Take a look at the storied lesbian movement of the 1970s A good LOL cat There’s a blog all about coping with pain...

So, you want to build a game, but all of that coding and leg work sounds too much like… well… work. Isn’t there another option? The answer is a qualified “Yes.� You’ve heard of this thing called “open source� which many penny-pinchers translate as free. While this is not the place fo...

Here’s a meme that’s been going around. It’s called the bucket list. You have to review all 100 items and put in bold the ones you’ve already achieved in life. So, here — with my annotations — is my bucket list: I HAVE… 1. Started my own blog 2. Slept under the ...

Apropos of absolutely nothing, I like to bring you, dear reader, the latest Bigfoot reports. Just four months ago, in November 2008, a couple of experienced hunters were in the woods near the town of Zephyrhills, Florida, when they saw something that shocked them: “I went to a hunting spot to ...

I’ve been looking for something like this for a long time — a way to find out when particular movies or stars are going to be on TV. I don’t necessarily want to plan out and get DVDs all the time. This tool is called LocateTV and I tried it out. I searched for Sarah Silverman, John...

The producers of The Office, Ugly Betty, and The Biggest Loser are seeking vibrant, dynamic baby boomers to cast in a new online web series called Appetite for Life. You need to be 45 to 65 (an individual or a couple) who has recently made a conscious decision to reinvent your life in a new city. Th...

No, this isn’t the 20-minute-long gynecological test. This was a bone scan. Since I fell on the ice a couple of weeks ago my arm still wasn’t feeling better. I went to the doctor and got it X-rayed and they found that the elbow was broken. Luckily it was a very stable break and did not r...