Monthly Archives: April 2008

Next Sunday afternoon, roughly 1,500 people will be walking the streets of Burlington. That’s more people than live in 147 of Vermont’s 253 towns and gores. It would be as if every single person who lived in my village, Lincoln … Continue reading →

A few years ago I expressed my concern that telephones were creeping into hotel bathrooms. I honestly didn’t think that the telephone-toilet tandem might be the end of Western Civilization, but this was still a level of multitasking that I … Continue reading →

Here is one way to have a baby: Go to the hospital and then get sent home because your labor seems to be in such an early stage. Encourage your husband (or boyfriend or partner) to take a nap. Then … Continue reading →

OK, I blew it on the Acuvue contact lens $30 rebate offer. But the good folks at National All Brands rebate did send me back my 12 contact lens box tops. And let me tell you, there is nothing that … Continue reading →