HeyJaredThe Rundown from Cog
Stories that remind us we’re all part of something bigger — from WBUR, Boston’s NPR station.
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This week at Cog #50 (opens the original)
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I spent time this week with a list of little, everyday joys that make life worth living. I’ll explain.A few months ago, I learned about a one-actor play, “Every Brilliant Thing.” The show is about a man who grew up with a suicidal mother. As a boy, the man begins to write a list of life’s pleasures — his strategy for giving his mom reasons to live — but over time, the list becomes a coping mechanism, his way of moving through the world.Keeping a list of little joys is a delightful idea — and a g
This week at Cog #49 (opens the original)
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Last Sunday afternoon, I met a stranger named Courtney at Target and sold her my series 7 Apple Watch for $120 (if I undercharged her, please don’t tell me). About 10 years after purchasing my first Apple Watch, I had decided I was done with the technology. Ultimately, it kept me tethered to my phone and laptop in a way I disliked. And it produced a bunch of annoying data I rarely used and notifications that fractured my attention.But even more importantly, the Apple Watch is a digital watch, wh
This week at Cog #48 (opens the original)
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The anniversary of the Sept.11 attacks always leaves me speechless. Although I once lived in New York, I wasn’t there in 2001. And although I know, through a few degrees of separation, several people who died in lower Manhattan that day, I wasn’t close with any of them. So, in many ways, I feel like the story of 9/11 is not my story to tell.But because it was the deadliest foreign attack on American soil in U.S. history, in some ways, the story belongs to all of us. The magnitude of the tragedy,
This week at Cog #47 (opens the original)
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“Is baseball great or what?” That was what the Mariners’ play-by-play announcer commented on Monday night from Fenway Park, after Red Sox pitcher Payton Tolle fielded a ground ball, jogged over to the first base line to tag Dominic Canzone out, then opted to give him a friendly hug instead. You know how in every movie or TV show about a sports team, from “Major League” to “Ted Lasso,” there comes a moment when the coach goes, “You just have to rem
This week at Cog #46 (opens the original)
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I’ll be 55 in a few months. I haven’t taken advantage of any age-qualified discounts or living arrangements yet, but I am already a big fan of the early-bird dinner special. Case in point: Earlier this week, a new-ish friend and I planned to meet for dinner. She had been wanting to try a hot new spot that doesn’t take reservations for small parties. Our best bet was to walk in on the very early side. So she picked me up at 5:30 and we snagged a table for two near the bar.It was indeed a very coo
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