Blog Profile / Miss Conduct's Blog
| URL : | http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/magazine/missconduct/ | |
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| Filed Under: | Lifestyle / Etiquette | |
| Posts on Regator: | 1062 | |
| Posts / Week: | 4.6 | |
| Archived Since: | December 20, 2008 | |
Blog Post Archive
Today's column
... is online here. A sample (from my advice to an LW with a small but very human problem): Because you've hit it, J.S. You've described perfectly what it's like. I think a lot of folks are on that exact...
Chat Wednesday at noon!
Miss Conduct on etiquette -- May 15 at noon...
Today's column
... is online here. It's a tribute to my mother, and the many things I've learned from her, including... Keep 'em guessing: My mother is a sweet little widow who goes to church every Sunday. She's also one of...
Hell in a Handbasket? Ford Hall Forum Thursday
I'll be moderating a Ford Hall Forum on "The Decline of Taboos" tomorrow night at the C. Walsh Theatre in Beacon Hill. The event is free and open to the public. From the website: Not long ago, we lived in...
Today's column
... is online here. In Which Miss Conduct Suspect a Couple May Have an Incompatibility: Is he the logical, task-oriented sort while you tend to be more socially motivated? A lifetime of experience has taught me that such mismatched relationships...
Friday(ish) roundup: Performance, Anxiety Edition
In February, in dear-God-we-were-so-young-then February, I dared to write that 2013 was shaping up to be a mad, immoderate, lurchy year. Obviously, I wasn't to know the half of it. Can I blame the crazy end-times feeling of the year...
Chat today at noon!
Miss Conduct on etiquette -- May 1 at noon...
Today's column
... is online here. It's about bullies (the grownup, "I was just kidding" variety). A sample: People seem to think that this is a social juncture where having a witty comeback would do them no end of good. Perhaps it...
Friday(ish) roundup: That Was the Week That Was Edition
I went through this week in something of a daze, still not sure that the events of the week before really happened. Did you? Something about the weird containment of the events within the week itself--from the bombing Monday afternoon...
Today's column
... is online here. It's a three-fer! Here's question (and answer) number two: How does one respond to colleagues who say "You shouldn't have" when you give them a small gift as a thank you, get well, or going away...
Friday Roundup: Sheltering in Place Edition
My synagogue cancelled service tonight. I support this decision, but I know it cannot have been made easily. The symbolism is painful. But if I am going to be a Jew hiding in my house, I am glad to be...
Chat Wednesday at noon!
<a href="http://www.coveritlive.com/mobile.php/option=com_mobile/task=viewaltcast/altcast_code=d5dbcf9362" >Miss Conduct on etiquette -- April 17 at noon</a>...
Feeding foodies--another hostly paradox
Last week I blogged about suggestions from chatters for the problem of feeding foodies: what to do when you want to entertain people whose cooking skills and food savvy far exceed your own. Here's another dinner-guest-having problem that occurred to...
Today's column
... is online here. The first question deals with a friend who has given an ultimatum--either stop socializing with my ex-wife, or I'm outtie. My thoughts on ultimatum-givers: [W]hen a person pulls the "me-or-X" routine, then as healthy individuals with boundaries...
Friday(ish) roundup: Who Can Say What When Edition
It's been a gaffe-prone week. President Obama should stop complimenting anything--matzoh, attorneys general--until he learns how to do it right. Jezebel's Lindy West has a good (if someone profane) set of instructions for men here on how to properly compliment...
Feeding foodies: A mediocrevore's guide
This topic came up on last week's chat, and I wanted to pull it out for further discussion because everyone had such great ideas and insights. Chatter Not Julia wrote, Do you have any tips for dealing with foodies, or food...
Fumes of love are in the air
A reader sends in this amusing anecdote:I was riding the red- line from Quincy Adams to Park Street at 6:30 pm on 4/6/13. There were many announcements over the intercom regarding no smoking on the train.Sitting across from me was.....
Today's column
... is online here. It's kind of a festival of people who can't express their emotions openly....
Friday(ish) roundup: Jo-Jo Lamotte Edition
Sorry for the slow posting week, folks. Mr. Improbable has been on tour since March 1st, and like Mrs. Obama, I'm beginning to feel like a busy single mother. And I don't even have children. I do, however, have a...
Chat Wednesday at noon!
Miss Conduct on etiquette -- April 3 at noon...