For such a fancy, over-priced place, I see a lot of indiscretions and low rent behavior at Whole Foods.  More than I see at my much lower rent groceries in my neighborhood. Recent salad bar shenanigans include: a girl packing a soup container full of salad bar and sticking it in her bag, and then [...]

So, it’s been 3 months that I haven’t watched TV. Mid-May, I finally let it go after talking about it for …years.   I can’t say I am a million times more productive, but I feel a lot better.  I am more productive. I have been reading more too. I have lots of praise for [...]

Last Sunday, we noticed a skunk in our backyard.  We have seen rabbits and a groundhog many a times, sometimes a cat, lots of birds, a snake but this was unusual.  It’s rare to see a skunk just hanging out.   I usually see them on the road, or sadly as roadkill on the side of [...]

Cute things to do when you first start dating:  trade iPods for a week (unless you are iPhone’d).  My friend and her new boo did that as part of their courting and it didn’t seem to scare either one away. Indeed we all know one can learn a lot about a person from reviewing one’s [...]

It’s always tricky to discuss the issue of prison reform.  Criminals deserve to be punished and victims  and their families and the public deserve justice.  The prison system is so in need of restructure, however. Overcrowding, poor healthcare, conditions so bad that many inmates come out more hardened than when they entered, and uneven sentencing [...]

We don’t know the minutia of the details that went down in Cambridge between Prof. Gates and the officer but obviously it has been the impetus for “a teachable moment” and  debate over many elements from racial profiling and PR spins.  The public discourse will pass quickly, as this week’s news, tweets, and blog updates [...]