A friend of mine called me “crankypants” yesterday because of it, but I still hate switching to Daylight Saving Time. I’ve been congested and sleeping poorly the past week so I didn’t need to lose an hour of sleep on top of that. Anyhow, I like this quote attributed to some unnamed Native American (who [...]
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22 Mar
March Madness?
I’ve read on several blogs and new sites about a recent study that apparently links research behavior at American universities with the NCAA Basketball Tournament. According to this study by Charles Clotfelter, after Selection Sunday when the tournament teams are announced, the number of articles viewed on JSTOR drop. What is really frustrating me about [...]
14 Mar
Worst Night of the Year…Redux
Daylight Savings Time begins today meaning that we will have a greater risk of on-the-job injuries according to Scientific American. And The Christian Science Monitor reports that changing our clocks will cost us money. The Monitor rightly asks why is that we spring forward again? Ugh! Join me in hoping that this silly — and [...]
17 Mar
Confessions of a St. Patrick’s Day Curmudgeon
While most kids look forward to Christmas, when I was a child, St. Patrick’s Day (along with Thanksgiving) was one of my favorite days of the year. It was a big day in my family usually involving going to the parade in New York and seeing family and friends we hadn’t seen in a while. [...]
10 Mar
Stadium Naming Rights
The recent hullabaloo over CitiGroup’s 20-year contract to name the New York Mets new ballpark has reminded me of some ideas regarding stadium naming rights. Corporate naming of venues is a trend already unpopular with sports’ fans but not really all that new. After all, the oldest surviving ballpark in baseball was named to promote [...]
8 Mar
Retropost: The Worst Night of the Year
A couple of years ago I wrote a post about why I think Daylight Saving Time is evil. As we spring forward our clocks today, and try to shake off the sleepiness, have more heart attacks, feel more blue and find the roads even more dangerous than usual, let’s look back at my alternate plan: [...]
3 Feb
RetroPost: What do Presidents do when their term is up?
A couple of years ago I wrote What do Presidents do when their term is up?, possibly one of my most well-researched and better written posts. In it I examined the post-Presidential career of every US President who survived his Presidency. The post was prompted by a suggestion that if Hillary Clinton became President, that [...]
3 Dec
Remembering Odetta
I don’t usually do celebrity obituaries on this blog, but I want to make an exception for the folk musician Odetta who died yesterday at the age of 77. She was a talented musician with a powerful voice and amazing guitar skills. I call her a “folk musician” but she adeptly performed and interpreted all [...]
5 Nov
Book Review: The Devil We Know by Robert Baer
I listened to the audiobook of The Devil We Know: Dealing with the New Iranian Superpower (2008) by Robert Baer and I can tell you right now that this isn’t going to be a good review because this book presents such a different understanding of Iran than any other perspective I’ve ever encountered. Here are [...]
17 Mar
Retropost: Confessions of a St. Patrick’s Day Curmudgeon
Posted by Liam in Ideas, Opinion & Commentary. Tagged: Boston, Catholicism, Faith, Family, Fun Stuff, History, Holidays, Ireland, Local, New York, News, Politics, RetroPost, Saint Patrick's Day. Leave a Comment
In honor of this special day let’s revisit one of my favorite posts. While most kids look forward to Christmas, when I was a child, St. Patrick’s Day (along with Thanksgiving) was one of my favorite days of the year. It was a big day in my family usually involving going to the parade in [...]
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