Alex Boney
On Hearing (and Not Hearing) the Bells on Christmas Day
On Christmas Day 1863, American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow had every reason to feel discouraged and withdrawn. His second wife,...
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Alex Boney
Dec 11, 2020
Christmas Music That Doesn't Suck
Do you hear what I hear? If you’re like me, you’re hearing the same 15-20 Christmas songs over and over again, with seemingly endless...
Alex Boney
Nov 17, 2020
A Year Without a Smoke
I smoked my last cigarette a year ago today. On November 17th last year I went to a Wilco show at the Midland Theatre in Kansas City, and...
Alex Boney
Sep 9, 2020
Revisiting Things I Wasn't Ready For
A neighbor who's taking an English class this semester asked me about Walt Whitman's "Crossing Brooklyn Ferry" today. It's been probably...
Alex Boney
Aug 30, 2020
What Chadwick Boseman Leaves Behind
My phone has been close to collapse for a while now. I’ve needed to get a new one since early this year, but I was out of work for a few...
Alex Boney
Aug 14, 2020
Delivery Failure: The Deliberate Sabotage of the USPS
The United States Postal Service has been feeling the heat since April, but things have reached an alarming boiling point this week....
Alex Boney
Aug 9, 2020
Jaws, Shark Week, and the Deep Blue Sea
The first thing I ever recall wanting to be is an oceanographer. I currently live in Kansas City, so that probably sounds pretty dumb....
Alex Boney
Aug 4, 2020
“It Is What It Is” (and Other Confounding Dumbasseries)
I have always despised the phrase “It is what it is.” It’s a phrase that lets people feel like they’re saying something...
Alex Boney
Aug 2, 2020
There and Back Again
The NASA astronaut crew that manned the SpaceX Dragon capsule returned to Earth today after a two-month mission. I wrote this piece...
Alex Boney
Jul 30, 2020
Transitory Things
The other day Kristy and I played Pictionary with the kids. My six year old is getting a lot better at illustration, so he's able to keep...
Alex Boney
Jul 28, 2020
A Study in Contrasts
We're 98 days away from the 2020 election. As the United States reaches 150,000 coronavirus deaths and a civil rights pioneer is laid to...
Alex Boney
Jul 26, 2020
Taylor Swift and the Impossibility of Endings
Soon after things started shutting down in March, a lot of artists were doing stay-at-home live streams. That was one of my favorite...
Alex Boney
Jul 23, 2020
The Weirdness of Going Back to Work
I started a new job last Friday. Today was my fifth day. I like it a lot, and I still can’t believe I got this lucky in this economy. I’m...
Alex Boney
Jul 21, 2020
Blind Spots
The rain fell hard on my way to work today. It was one of those rains you could hear over your radio—one that made you slow down because...
Alex Boney
Jul 19, 2020
On Not Accepting Gaslighting
The band formerly known as The Dixie Chicks (now known as “The Chicks,” and I’m not going to weigh in on that right now) released a new...
Alex Boney
Jul 15, 2020
The Words We Don't Send
I sometimes wonder what happens to all the unsent messages we compose. We write and communicate all the time, whether we actually type it...
Alex Boney
Jul 14, 2020
The Big Washington Rebranding
On Monday, the ownership of the Washington Redskins announced that they’ll be retiring the Redskins nickname from Washington D.C.’s...
Alex Boney
Jul 12, 2020
The Best of What's Around (This Week)
I'd like to do something a little bit different today. I've covered some heavy stuff in the first week of this blog. Today I thought I’d...
Alex Boney
Jul 11, 2020
The Comfort Clothes of Highs and Lows
On my first day of work at Hallmark (June 2012), I wore a sportscoat, a tie, and slacks because I didn’t know what the dress code was. It...
Alex Boney
Jul 9, 2020
Is Small Talk Another COVID Casualty?
Okay, the title of this piece might be a little misleading. I’m not mourning the loss of small talk. I’m generally not a fan of small...
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