The View from a Drawbridge

Tag: boredom

  • The Outer Limits of Boredom

    The Outer Limits of Boredom

    I decided to lean into my boredom. Really own it.

  • The Death Penalty is Too Light a Sentence

    The Death Penalty is Too Light a Sentence

    It’s life without any autonomy that’s hard.

  • The View from Death’s Door Has Changed

    It’s much better, and much worse.

  • Fun Is Where You Find It

    This was the most exciting thing I had done all week.

  • Hunkered Down and Bored Silly? Here Are Some Ideas.

    I’m going nuts with boredom.

  • Rural Retirement

    The thing that would drive me crazy would be the boredom.

  • News Flash: You’re Not Bored

    When did we become so eaten up by our own sense of exceptionalism?

  • The Curse of Summer Vacations

    The reality of summer never fit with my fantasies.

  • Drawbridge FAQs

    So, there’s actually a person making the bridge open and close? Yep. I get that a lot. Nice to meet you. While there are some automated drawbridges out there (mostly railroad bridges in remote locations with little or no pedestrian traffic), the vast majority of drawbridges have a human operator. Safety is our primary concern,…

  • “I’m Bored!!!”

    I was just the right age to be tortured by the Watergate hearings. I was 8 years old in 1973 and those hearings pre-empted daytime television for weeks. At that age, it felt like years. I had no idea that a gripping piece of political history was unfolding before my eyes. I thought I would…