If it weren’t for BoingBoing, I would never have found monkey.
I dig the monkey. What’s not to like? Cute, fuzzy and eloquent. What more are you lookin’ for in a monkey?
How about good manners? Check out monkey’s lessons on writing thank-you notes. You know you need to do that after all that holiday swag.
Don’t worry. [...]

It’s time for the annual Darwin awards.

Every year, these add to my list of ways I would rather not die. But since among other things, I know the importance of oxygen and don’t pump gasoline into open fluorescent light tubes, then light them on fire, I think I will avoid passing into the netherworld [...]

Nothin’ like a He-Man take on The Big Lebowski to brighten up your Thursday morning.
Thanks to Mike for pointin’ me to this YouTube gem. So what if there’s a wee bit of confusion matchin’ voices and characters. It is still great stuff.
But keep the kiddies away. F-bombs galore.

Upon seeing me gloating over one of my new Christmas presents and fretting that I might not be able to get it out of the box without ripping said box in two, my father informed me that I was "sad." I'll show you what I got, and you be the judge.

Okay, you guys can stop [...]

I attended the Christmas pageant at the Brookline Community Church last night and I must say, I was quite pleased with the performance. For one thing, there weren't any casualties this year.
It's a tradition in and of itself - wherever you have small children performing a Christmas pageant, you have a catastrophe of some [...]

I graduated from the College of Wooster in Wooster, Ohio, in 1996.
Man, that seems like a long time ago.
Most folks around here think I mean Worcester Polytechnic Institute when I talk about my alma mater. Pronounced the same way, but worlds apart. We used to have T-shirts on campus that read, "Wooster is not [...]

Are you sick of the bad drivers on the road? Have you ever gotten your horn stuck in the blare position because of someone merging without looking or failing to yield?
There, there. Go on. Let it all out. Share your frustrations with the world at the Sucky Drivers in New England blog.
Just remember, you [...]

This morning, Lifestyles editor Deidre Ashe brought life in the features cluster to a screeching halt.
We all fancy ourselves movie buffs to some degree, and what better way to prove our prowess than through a quiz?
Not just any quiz. A quiz that uses office supplies to stage scenes or the suggestion of famous movies. Check [...]

Jolly Old Saint NicholasLean your ear this wayDon’t you blog a single wordOf what I’m going to say

Thanks to the Unchosen One at Be Less Boring, I’ve been introduced to the musings of the one, the only Kriss Kringle.
Yes, add Santa Claus to the list of bloggers sending his thoughts out into cyberspace.
On [...]

One of my favorite character actors of all time, Peter Boyle, has died.
Let’s have a moment of silence in honor of Frankenstein’s monster.