tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-88512 2013-05-14T17:39:54-04:00 Observations by Marshall T. Spriggs inspired by a bar in Oslo, Norway TypePad tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83455974569e20191022360c0970c 2013-05-14T17:39:54-04:00 2013-05-14T17:39:54-04:00

You mean to tell me that the IRS operated as a law unto itself? Stop the presses!

Tom tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83455974569e2017eeb031713970d 2013-05-10T07:13:11-04:00 2013-05-10T07:27:57-04:00

So, who knew that you could not only get a tax deduction of a quarter of a million dollars if you bought the right house in Cohasset, but that you could get it for not doing anything to the house?...

Tom tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83455974569e2017d41c5fc3e970c 2013-03-12T10:28:13-04:00 2013-03-12T10:28:13-04:00

So, it looks like Harvard felt like it had to violate the privacy of Deans' email in order to try to catch students cheating. Why does this sound slightly contradictory to me?

Tom tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83455974569e2017d41106275970c 2013-02-14T15:29:26-05:00 2013-02-14T15:29:26-05:00

Finally someone from my hometown gets to be famous. Of course, he has to be named Banana Joe.

Tom tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83455974569e2017ee8751fe3970d 2013-02-12T12:34:14-05:00 2013-02-12T12:34:14-05:00

In the category of "Life's Little Lessons," the past few days has reminded me of the fact that death is not only sad, but very exhausting.

Tom tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83455974569e2017c35742c1f970b 2013-01-08T12:48:51-05:00 2013-01-08T12:48:51-05:00

News that Taylor Swift may be breaking up with Harry Styles brings the inevitable question, "Well, when is she finally going to get to me?" Unfortunately, it seems like a long, long time.

Tom tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83455974569e2017ee682a9c0970d 2012-12-21T23:45:56-05:00 2012-12-21T23:45:56-05:00

_______________________________ NOTES FROM THE CAFE FIASCO Marshall T. Spriggs Volume 19, Number 0, Winter Solstice 2012 _______________________________ “One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious.” -- Carl Jung It’s been a warm,...

Tom tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83455974569e2017c325100d7970b 2012-10-04T07:59:38-04:00 2012-10-04T07:59:38-04:00

Let us have a moment of silence for the ending of the Red Sox season and reflect that, in some cases, the passing of some aspects of life is not a bad thing.

Tom tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83455974569e2017ee3eb45a2970d 2012-10-02T14:43:52-04:00 2012-10-02T14:43:52-04:00

Damn, they missed me again! Note to self: stop changing your phone number.

Tom tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83455974569e2017c31b77d02970b 2012-09-07T17:24:41-04:00 2012-09-07T17:26:49-04:00

As my grandfather used to say, "You learn something everyday if you're not careful". Today I noticed that on Facebook one of my friends had liked "Prostate.net" and here I didn't even know that she had a prostate.

Tom