In mid-August, my pal, Sam, and I raced the T—our fourth race against the puttering B-Line and fifth race total. It was the single hottest day of the summer and heinously humid when we took off late morning. The sidewalks were packed with incoming college students, Red Sox game-day traffic, and the usual Sunday brunch-goers.… Continue reading The Michael Scott Road Runners

Joseph Gordon-Levitt went on Colbert last week. Before they got into talking about Snowden, Colbert asked Gordon-Levitt about his mismatched socks (the first 1:45): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Bz4n7N0QsM  You had two different kind of socks on last time I saw you. And you do again. I kept it a little more subtle this time. But they do not match.… Continue reading Sock N’ Roll

About this time eight years ago, the Middlebury cross country coach emailed me that Michael Schmidt, a freshman on the team, would host me when I visited. The baseball nerd in me thought this was a hoot. Mike Schmidt?! The Hall-Of-Fame third baseman for the Phillies?! 548 career home runs, but who’s counting?! When I… Continue reading You Gotta Be Schmidting Me

When I lived in Denver two years ago, I worked at an elementary school and spent lots of time with a third-grader named Udo. Udo’s a little fella with a big ol’ pair of glasses and an aptitude for making animal noises of extinct animals. He’s adopted from Korea, autistic, and an only-child to divorced… Continue reading Gotta Get Those Brakes Checked