That’s a bridge too far, sir. OHHHH YEAH.

The most ridiculous thing about this is that you already had pajamas on and then decided to go to an 11pm baseball game. You aren’t the hero we deserve, but the hero we need.

Vogelsong always was a bit too pitchy for me. By any measure, he isn’t really that note-worthy. Especially in 2014, his work clef something to be desired. But this does seem like an appropriate coda to his career.

There was widespread Home Run fraud in New Hampshire. We all know that.

See Bills fans, there are some happy endings at the Ralph. Buck up, kiddos!

I’m sure we all have people we love who voted for Trump. It’s disappointing, but people are generally disappointing. I just feel empty angst (despite how good it feels) to people we don’t interact with it, seems phony.

Actually they’ve all said something to varying degrees. The thing that puzzles me is why people care? Celebrities don’t really influence political outcomes, nor should be guides for political theory or policy standpoints.

Good question. Rooting for the Pats does not make me a winner. I’m able to separate my own accomplishments or lack thereof, from those of organizations and communities to which I’m tangentially/superficially related.

That said, when a team you root for wins, there is a very strong emotional reaction. It’s…

My point of reference is really Europe, and European cities, which are more congested and even worse laid out than Boston. Driving in Paris or Rome, is exhilarating in its controlled chaos. Since I grew up driving here, it’s no big deal. People are aggressive and traffic “laws” are suggestions. But if you grew up in…

Believe me, I want to say that. But ultimately that’s what conservatives want. A world divided into two poles, “Us vs Them” is stable, but terrible. Conservative factions in societies have been playing that game for millennia, and generally win. If people truly want to do what is right, then giving into the “us vs.…

While I agree with that analysis, the three of them fall into a more traditional category of Republican support: white, college educated, affluent, males. That demographic, even by age, went for Trump. And when you have a binary choice, nuance gets drowned out.

Also in our rush to judgment culture, we don’t have a lot…

Holy crap, your user name is fantastic.

Oh, that’s absolutely a valid reason, and the one that irks me the most. Though it did allow for the joke, “How long before that one gets to Putin as well?”

Thank you. Santos L. Halper is a classic as well. And Prague is amazing, just avoid windows on then second and third floors.

I get it and I’ve experienced that same existential angst.

Interesting synergy here. That road isn’t too far from Wesleyan, alma mater of one Bill Belichick

I believe that is the goal of life.

One of my colleagues at work is from just outside Danbury. She went to visit her parents for a long weekend. Got up early morning to drive back to Boston. Got to Boston, realized she’d left her work laptop in Connecticut. Drove back to Danbury and then drove back to Boston. That is my definition of hell on Earth.

Wow. Absolutely. Wow.

My dream is an elevated highway over Connecticut. It would be three lanes, each side, no trucks/trailers/campers/rvs. There would be one exit in Hartford. There would be one rest area north of Hartford and one rest area south of Hartford, and that’s it. A straight Mass to New York highway. Minimum speed limit would be…