Jerome S. Does anybody know what is going in at the corner of Taylor and Felicity? There wasn’t anything there yesterday except a vacant lot, and today there’s a glowing blue orb. Tim W. I don’t know anything about a glowing blue orb — maybe lay off the Coors, Jerry…

With apologies to Nick Flynn — My mom is old. Really old. Like, OMFG, please do not let me get that old. So today we loaded up for a ride to the bank to break into her safety deposit box, which is the one thing I can’t make payable on death. …

We’ve all made this mistake at some point in our lives. — It’s easy to think that Ellen Chung, Jonathan Gerrish, their baby daughter, and their dog died from something sinister. When their bodies were first discovered on August 17, 2021, with no obvious signs of trauma, investigators ran through a list that included lightning, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, cyanide exposure, illegal…

So you’ve decided to make the chicken tinga tacos you saw on Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street last night. They looked pretty easy. They’re tacos. How hard could it be? And since you’ve eaten pizza every day for the last two weeks, a little variety is probably a good idea. Google…

That’s a good thing. — I open my eyes on yet another day of fear, anxiety, and pain, or as I lovingly call it, “consciousness.” I’ll probably spend some time today thinking I have a tumor in my neck (it’s my Adam’s apple) or worrying that I’m having a heart attack. Hypochondria takes up a…

And I showed remarkable restraint, REMARKABLE restraint when I sent her an email. — I was coming home from my mom’s house around 8:00 p.m. and slowing down for the stop sign at my intersection, when something white loped through my headlights. It was my neighbor’s dog. Thank god I was slowing down for the sign. After I hung the two quick rights into…

Also, Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, but how did they get pickled before he even picked them?! — I’ve always wanted to be famous. My whole life. Why? I have no idea. It probably had a lot to do with being bullied and ostracized at school. Some kids think of ways to get revenge on their tormentors like becoming a star. Others take a more violent path. The…

Look, I love a turkey sandwich as much as the next guy. And of all the large, pulchritudinous fowl that dot this great land, turkeys are absolutely at the top of my list of birds that deserve to die. When I was a kid on the farm, my mom always…

Isn’t it soothing? I said, ISN’T IT SOOTHING? — Hey, neighbor! I see you standing on your front porch a lot staring fixedly at my house at all hours of the day and night. I can only assume you’re admiring the 25 wind chimes I keep up year round. Aren’t they soothing? Quick tip: You might want to take…