The WalMart IQ test

Did you know that WalMart gives prospective employees an IQ test?  Yup, because if you have an IQ you can’t work at WalMart.  
Sorry, I know that’s not a nice thing to write.  I’m venting today because of an extremely frustrating experience I had at my neighborhood Super WalMart. An abbreviated list of the highlights include [...]

Rules of the Jungle, Part 1

It has taken me most of my life to realize that there are some certain immutable laws of nature.  For the benefit of posterity, I have started jotting them down. Here’s the first two, perhaps you have some that you would like to share too.
1) Dunkin Donuts Coffee Cup Code:  This is a strictly enforced [...]

Guinness World Book of Weirdos

There is a wide world of interesting folks out there and it seems a lot of them want to be in the record books. With that in mind, my son has compiled his top 5 weirdest Guinness World Records.  I’ve add the commentary. 

 A German man drags a van a distance of 300 feet via two hooks inserted into the [...]

They don’t drive like this in Maine

My niece, Ashley, recently moved to Mumbai, India from coastal Maine to complete a year of school as an exchange student. Below is an email she sent home to her mother describing some of her early impressions:
“Traffic in Mumbai is not unlike a cosmic game of Frogger.
There is no traffic law.
Instead cars weave [...]

Beer Nerds

For a few days every spring, some of the best tasting ale on the planet can be found at the George Dilboy VFW Post #529 in Somerville’s Davis Square. The hall, co-located in an office building with a local bank, is situated at the far end of the square. For the last eleven years, this [...]