No column today – top posts of 2009
There’s no Globe magazine today, hence, no column. Which means it’s the perfect time to do that lazy-writer gambit of “Top Posts from the Previous Year.”
I hope you all had a lovely Christmas, however you observed or did not observe it. We saw “Sherlock Holmes,” which I absolutely adored, and went for Chinese food, at which I had to be the one person who didn’t put her entree on the lazy susan, but hoarded it all to myself, which I hated to do. Because of my recent illnesses, I’m on a fair number of dietary restrictions right now (some permanent, some temporary). The food chapter of my book was one of my favorite ones to write, and I’ll be writing more here about food and courtesy and identity and priorities.
But for now, the top posts of 2009:
The lady who objected to popcorn at the movies.
A letter from someone who considers herself “unlikeable.” Folks, we helped this woman. She wrote me later and told me so. Y’all did some good here, you really, really did.
I’ve gotten to do so many things I want to do in life, but I have always wanted to be a casting director. My ideas for some great, unexpected casting. (Come on, Bill Clinton as Billy Flynn in “Chicago”? Are you telling me that wouldn’t be freaking awesome?) Feel free to add your own ideas in comments!
Do you look like you think you ought to? I don’t. I wouldn’t cast me to play me.
Etiquette for laid-off friends.
What does “wasting time” mean?
How advice columns work (and what makes for a good question).
An explanation of the Jewish High Holidays.
Dealing with a chronic illness.
Metaphors, cognition, and why I couldn’t get a cab in Brooklyn.
Writing isn’t a thing you do, it’s how you do it.
Thoughts on Aspergers … and some more.
Why what is hurtful isn’t always rude, and vice versa.
Is narcissism the new humility?
Marine etiquette and communication styles.
If there are any topics you’d like me to write about in the coming weeks or months, leave ‘em in comments! (That’s if you just want to hear me muse, of course. Specific etiquette questions should be sent to missconduct@globe.com.)
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Glad you enjoyed Sherlock Holmes! You looked like you were having fun with a big group at the Somerville Theater that night. My group mostly gave it B’s or B-’s, I gave it a B+, and one R. D. Jr. fan gave it an A. It seems to have depended mostly on how troubling it was that it was a Daniel Craig style Bond film, not a Basil Rathbone style Holmes mystery.