Go to the pool? Check. Go to a BBQ? Done. Pick strawberries? Did that too. Watch Ferris Bueller’s Day Off? Of course. It’s tradition. And watching it with my progeny this year has created a new tradition, his rite of passage … Continue reading
This weekend marks two years since I joined the rest of the world in hosting a podcast. It’s been a really fun hobby for me, allowing me to regale listeners with tales like this one, in which I accidentally end … Continue reading
Three of the four teams vying for championships in hockey and basketball these days have never won titles before. Only the Miami Heat, winners three times already this century, have hoisted even one trophy in their histories. A part of … Continue reading
I love the idea of a Memorial Day sudden-death NBA playoff game in Boston, though historically I’ve had some bad luck with such. (I had my car broken into in Boston back in May ’08 while watching the Celtics play … Continue reading
My life and that of Maurice J. O’Connell overlapped only four and a half years, so I don’t really have too many stories about the man. But I heard a few, and I pieced together a few more, and I’m … Continue reading
Among NHL and NBA series it’s sweep city out there, with three of four conference finals completely one sided affairs. Thank goodness for the Boston Celtics, who staved off elimination last night with a win over the Miami Heat. (NBA … Continue reading
In recent weeks and months and years we have been subject to proclamations, ceremonial and otherwise, that the coronavirus pandemic is “over.” (Pause for effect.) Here’s your hot take for today. The coronavirus pandemic is not officially over until every person … Continue reading
It’s hardly the first tribute I’ve done to Michael O’Connell Sr., but today’s episode of Math and Musings once again celebrates the man I call my greatest idol. We had the good fortune to live in the same house, and every … Continue reading
Florida, Las Vegas, Dallas, Carolina. Places to retire? No, that’s the Final Four of this year’s Stanley Cup Playoffs. Hockey. Ice hockey. Man triumphs over nature yet again. … Continue reading
I was dreaming of a Knicks-Lakers final and a first New York championship since 1973, but hey, the Celtics are kind of due too. Maybe a Boston-LA final? They ever have one of those? … Continue reading