Rants
Legalize My Damned Fireworks
Apparently I can’t buy fireworks here in Massachusetts because I’m going to blow myself up. Perhaps before I was born in 1972 there was a rash of human explosions, but no matter how far back […]
Year: 2014
Rants
It’s Hard To Be Nice Sometimes
Some time ago, a friend asked how much my publishing house would charge to sell her book club copies of my book, “Vikings, Vampires, and Mailmen.” She only needed about ten books. I decided to […]
Think
Want to Get Out of Your Gym Membership?
A Tale As Old As Time It’s not a new story – you join a new gym, pay a down payment, go for a little while, and then stop going but still have a monthly […]
Drug Abuse
A Perfect Storm For Addiction: the Heroin Epidemic 101
The sad loss of Philip Seymour Hoffman due to overdose, unfortunately, isn’t a unique story. Deaths due to drug overdose – technically referred to as “accidental poisonings” – have become all too common. Overdoses are more […]