We've shared a safe deposit box with my mother for several years. It's at her South Hill bank branch and has contained only the originals of my parents' will and my power of attorney paperwork. Until today, that is. We went by this afternoon and…
Now and then I find myself thinking about my readers and wondering, why haven't I heard from so-and-so in a while? One of my paranoid theories involves my most common email typo. I'm not sure why. But I routinely respond to reader submissions by typing…
Today's Slice question: What's the best way to deal with people who constantly talk about themselves but never ask a single question about how things are going in your own life?
Yes, it was stirring. And, yes, the domestic auto industry has sold a few cars recently. But any implication that the city of Detroit is making a comeback is, of course, ludicrous. It's not. And it never will. Metropolitan Detroit has long been a tale…
A little daydreaming can take your mind off the road. I was driving on 8th Avenue and apparently forgot that I was in the middle of the Providence/Sacred Heart campus and some ongoing construction work. Because when I saw a sign saying "Emergency Straight Ahead,"…
Add to the list, bathtub drains and a dog's stomach. And, as is noted in tomorrow's Slice column, kids sticking them up their noses is practically a given.