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Author Archives: shalasowski

Steeling New Haven

Whenever I leave the house in anything less than a turtleneck and long pants, my parents tell me that I am going to attract the wrong kind of attention and request that I change immediately. Yesterday at the Home Depot, I decided to try a little experiment to see what kind of attention, if [...]

Providence? Or the Sahara?

I should have known that yesterday was going to be a scorcher when I went jogging at 7 a.m. and it was already above 80 degrees. We left about an hour earlier than we normally do because we were changing cities, relocating from Boston to Providence. Even though the drive was so short, I fell [...]

The Safety Banana

On our way to The Home Depot this morning, a Boston policeman signaled for us to roll down our window so he could speak with us. “Is that a banana they are driving up there?” he asked, referring to the bug. While the bug is slightly a ripe-banana yellow, it clearly has a [...]

The ‘cuse

Years ago, when I was a freshman in college, my RA would have the girls in my hall meet at the end of each day to discuss our highest and lowest points of the day. I think that perhaps I shall do that on this weblog, however, only contributing my highs as there are [...]