Dude With Thoughts

Read “If you don't have time to read, you don't have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that.”---Stephen King Stephen King is...

To be honest, the real title of this post should be “Return to New England: Day 1”. My time here in Orlando is running short. If all...

As I write this paragraph, it is 7:30 in the morning, January 20, 2021. I’ve been in Orlando for about 44 hours. The sun has come up and...

I. Looking out the window just before dawn, I see that the traffic below is just starting its day. My hotel is on South Kirkman Road near...

I. Six months ago, the earliest allowed per work rules, I put in to take this week off for vacation. I normally take this week off...

I have just finished reading the book Elegy By W. S.: A Study in Attribution by Donald W. Foster. Being more of an academic work than I...

I don’t go back to work until Tuesday, but my time in Maine officially ended at approximately 11:15 this morning, as I crossed the...

Last night was either the storm that wasn’t, or it came through so quickly and quietly that I slept through it. Looking out the window...

Waking before dawn, I pop in my earbuds, bring up the Peloton app on my phone, and head out for a 45-minute walk with coach Rebecca...

I’m on vacation this week, so I decided to take a getaway to Maine. Maine in the Fall is a nice place. The weather is a little cooler and...

Ever since the summer of 1994, I have volunteered at the Museum of Science—Boston. For these last 26 years, I have been there nearly...

Earlier this week, it was announced that John Krasinski’s YouTube show Some Good News (SGN) has been sold to ViacomCBS. The show, created...