Monthly Archives: December 2009

Some people think 800 pounds of ex­plosives and champagne mimosas might not be a smart combination, but they’ve never met Heidi Brous­seau. Heidi is an accountant and she hap­pens to live in a house on Lake Champlain perhaps a half-mile … Continue reading →

When I was a child, my parents’ New Year’s Eve parties were not precisely chaotic studies in decadence, dissolution and debauchery, but once when I was in elementary school, I did accidentally walk in on two of their married friends … Continue reading →

My parents may not have been perfect, but there is one thing they always did right: When I would race downstairs on Christmas morning, I could be assured of finding under the tree at least one present with which I … Continue reading →

I’ve always taken great pride in my fanatic germophobia. I used to believe I was truly Olympian when it came to charmless, off-putting, vaguely sociopathic don’t-breathe-in-my-airspace-because-you-coughed behavior. No more. As a result of our apocalyptic fears of the H1N1 virus, … Continue reading →

If you visit the New England Holocaust Memorial in Boston, you will see six 54-foot-high glass columns, each one symbolizing one million of the Jewish citizens of Europe who perished in the Holocaust. Six million numbers are etched into the … Continue reading →