Obscurorant 2.0

I’ve added another page to my sidebar: Riding the Pan Mass Challenge. Not that I did any such thing mind you – my obsessiveness manifests itself in different ways. But my Dad did, demonstrating that such obsessiveness runs in the family. Anyone interested in reading what it’s like to cycle an insane number of miles [...]

Pictures from the first storm of the season.

There’s a storm coming Friday and all sorts of nasty colds are circulating through Boston-area offices. Luckily the Intended and I prepared for this earlier in the week, by buying a bag of lemons, a fifth of Jameson and all the other fixings necessary to make a Hot Toddy the Silver Fox way. A Hot [...]

The old saw holds that we all grow up to be our parents. This is undoubtedly true, but I think we all inherit bits of other family members as well. After retirement my grandfather enjoyed delving into local history, to the extent of writing a column for the local paper on the subject. So it’s [...]

Wow. Ignorance abounds, even in ‘liberal’ New England: Students at New Rochelle School High School are going to find it difficult to complete their next assignment: comparing the film adaptation of “Girl, Interrupted” to the best-selling book. In the book, Kaysen recounts her confinement at a Massachussets mental hospital in the 1960′s.” And why is [...]

This recipe comes along just in time for the holiday season, or my hypothetical zombie game party: the candied bacon martini. Who among us can say no?

Today we are all about vintage or retro design. Who wouldn’t want a Burton Cool Suit? And these ‘Space Age’ illustrations are so yesterday’s tomorrow. I’ve developed a special fondness for the last one because really, what’s not to a like about an unknown future technological development that would result in you driving your car [...]