by Mark O'Brien | Mar 13, 2022
For several months, Anne and I have been attempting to buy a new home. From that experience, we can tell you: Everything you hear about how crazy the real-estate market is right now is true, at least in Connecticut. Buying Since we promised ourselves we wouldn’t...
by Mark O'Brien | Mar 7, 2022
If you’re anything like me, you frequently find yourself in time-related dilemmas, from the more general stuff to forgetting what time it is, what day of the week it is, or what the date might be on any given day. And if you’re anything like me, you wonder...
by Mark O'Brien | Feb 28, 2022
Oh, boy! Connecticut, the state in which I live and work, now has a paid family leave program. With this headline — “Gov. Ned Lamont just signed a sweeping family and medical leave law” — here’s how the Hartford Courant trumpeted this wonderful news:...
by Mark O'Brien | Feb 21, 2022
You think you got problems? On Saturday, parts of Connecticut, including the one in which we live, experienced what was uniformly described as a snow squall event. It started at 4:15 p.m. and was over by 5:00 p.m. It was characterized by near white-out snowfall and...
by Mark O'Brien | Feb 7, 2022
You can’t go anywhere, do anything, watch anything, read anything, or listen to anything of late without encountering something having to do with The Great Resignation. And anywhere you go, anything you do, anything you watch, anything you read, or anything you...
