Tag Archives: charity

I don’t want your help because you won’t give me enough of it. WHAT?

Thursday night I got home from playing poker and laid out my plans for Friday. I’ve got a taping for LUNCH at 2PM and a few errands to run around town. But because it is a summer Friday I had … —yes, there’s more—

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Charity address labels. Stuck in the past.

Charities are run poorly. It’s that simple. If they were run better, you and I would seldom receive multiple pieces of mail from the same organization within the span of a week. We wouldn’t get phone-call solicitations every night during … —yes, there’s more—

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Slight Irony

Is there anything that qualifies as a slight irony? In my mind, things are either ironic or they’re not. And things that are coincidences are not ironic. But I won’t rant about that distinction because Alanis Morrisette has already ruined … —yes, there’s more—

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It’s been insanity

Not exactly go-off-the-deep-end type of insanity, but it’s been mega busy around here. Finally have wrapped up a bunch of projects (some work for the Boston Globe, the auction booklet for Grampy’s, started recording my questions for Randy Cohen, *this … —yes, there’s more—

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