What country has the highest paid doctors? The top 10 list holds some surprises. But first, a caveat: Take these statistics as a large generalization. A physician friend of mine noted that in his experience, there is a wide spread in earnings, especially among specialists, but also with primary care doctors. “Those in ortho, radiology and […]
The rusted frame of a nosecone pokes out of a tangle of vines and long grass, permanently grounded, never to fly again. Behind, a cross-section of a narrow body jet slowly sinks into the soft undergrowth, another resident of the airplane graveyard deep in the backwoods of South County. But don’t go grabbing your passport […]
The last time I was with ghost hunter Dustin Pari, we were sitting in the attic at the Lizzie Borden house in Fall River. All the lights were out, sans Pari’s computer screen and the device he held in his hands to help spirit voices come through. After some garbled sounds poured out of the […]
Leading up to the second scariest night of the year (the first being Black Friday), Providence Ghost Tours has teamed up with Stranger Stories to create true ghost story open mics at The Graduate Providence. At the first of three planned open mics, storytellers tingled spines with stories of a haunted basement and a haunted […]
I sometimes wonder if I survived the drop. It’s a drop that never happened, but could have– Maybe it did. Years ago, I was standing on a rooftop in downtown Providence on a date that was going poorly, and the guy suggested we go out onto the roof, which seemed like a romantic strategy for […]
When I left RI for the Far East in the last week of September, they had just sprayed for mosquitoes in East Providence. There was a great concern over Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE), as states throughout the Northeast were having an unusually active season, and it a problem worthy of concern. EEE is a disease […]
He played me something on his piano. “That’s not my best,” he says, “but it’s the one I like the most.” His house is on the South Side across from a little neighborhood convenience store where he shops every day. “I get the paper. I talk to the woman at the register. Sometimes she’s the […]
Dear C and Dr. B;Help! My daughter and her middle school best friend, Jeanne, were both in the artsy group and at the time they were both picked on by the in crowd. Since they’ve entered high school, things have changed. My daughter has actually joined the in crowd. She’s now friends with a lot […]
Back in the day, if you could drink all night into the wee hours and still stand up; you wore a badge of honor. You were a “man” with a hollow leg and everyone wanted to hang out with you. You went merrily on your way; drinking was a big part of your social life. No […]
“He was shaking so bad I thought he was going to pass out,” she said laughing, while he nodded his head with a good-natured smile. “I was thinking, Oh no, this is not the man for me. Look how nervous he is. I will destroy this man.” I ask him what happened next. “Well,” he said, […]