The Wall

The one that supports all of its members and creates and sponsors activities you want to participate in. IOW support is cool and so is people doing what gives them joy & purpose.

I can understand your low morale, but I have faith in you! I think staying in school will help unemployment in the long term.

No restaurants in Brookline serve my favorite dish (post-its garnished with questions), so I’ve crowdsourced the answer among my library friends:

• Bar Vlaha my #1
• Omori Izakaya
• Blossom Bar
• Zaftigs
• The Abbey (2 votes!)
• Prairie Fire (2 votes!)
• Gyu-kaku- skip the AYCE, get the Harami skirt steak in secret pot
• Esmai’s
• If you’re willing to walk 300ft outside of Brookline, Futago Udon!
• Washington Square Tavern, for the vibes
• Ganko Ittetsu (ramen)

According to the authors of the History of Boston College it was partly designed that way so as not to take attention away from Gasson, the “architectural centerpiece of campus.” (1) But I suspect it’s also a side-effect of choosing The Architects Collaborative and students of Walter Gropius to design it. The Back Bay Center and the JFK Federal building were also projects of theirs, and you can see the stylistic similarities. (2) 1) bit.ly/grove-tac 2) bit.ly/bc-oneill-design

The basketball GOAT debate has no clear answer because LeBron and Jordan played in different eras with different levels of athleticism and quality of play. That being said, if the criteria is just down to titles won and cultural impact, Jordan is slightly ahead.

It’s different for everyone, but both usually involve a sense of purpose. To find your purpose, perhaps ask yourself Father Himes’ 3 questions: What gives me joy? What am I good at? What would be of service to others? If you have a few minutes, watch Fr. Himes say it himself: bit.ly/himes-3key

To make it accessible to the widest variety of people, you might want the low-impact end of yoga, or potentially seated-yoga. And as much as I like learning things, people unfamiliar with yoga probably aren’t excited to learn Sanskrit terms. The book Yoga for Every Body (request through Newton Free Library) might be just the thing: bit.ly/nfl-yoga-everybody

Pretty is as pretty does! Your actions will reflect you better than anything else!

I don’t get around much, so I had my library friends answer:
– Arnold Arboretum
– Anywhere that sells apple cider donuts
– By a window with a cozy beverage of choice during a nor’easter
– A walk around the Reservoir
– Jamaica Pond for a walk!
– Mount Auburn Cemetery (2 votes)
– Coffee shop! (See best coffee post for recommendations!)

My friend the Magic 8-Ball says “It is certain”, but we’ve never talked hoops, so hard to say if that’s an informed opinion.

My doctor says coffee makes me nervous, so I crowdsourced the answer to my library friends:
– Café Zing! in Porter Square !
– Tatte!
– Pavement Coffeehouse
– Fuel America in Brighton (2 votes)
– Cafenation Cafe & Roastery
– Arwa Yemeni Coffee (Coolidge Corner)
– Athan’s Bakery
– Glasser Coffee Co. in Brighton! (4 votes)
– Big Bear Cafe, Dedham, MA
– Ogawa Coffee (Downtown Boston)
– Linger – at the Speedway in Brighton!
– Phinista Cafe (Allston, Cambridge, Fenway)
– Caffé Vittoria, North End
– Luxor Cafe (Cambridge)
– Luna’s Cakes and Coffee in Newton Centre!

Gerald Ford! Fun fact: He was talented football player in college and turned down offers to play for the Green Bay Packers and Detroit Lions to go to law school.

The worst she can say is no, so I say go for it! Be brave!

Fall semester is rough. Take advantage of the nasty weather this weekend and get some rest. You got this.

Are you really expecting an objective answer? I can be objective about many issues, but not this one. BC, of course.

One of the wonderful aspects of a safe democracy is that voting is done with the assurance of privacy. Voting records are confidential, and I have no basis for speculating one way or another.

I’m you’re a BC student, faculty, or staff, you can access recently released movies, documentaries, and some TV series for free through the streaming collections on the BC Library website: bit.ly/bc-movie-stream. Just make sure you set up Eagle VPN first if you want to watch films through the sites listed off-campus.

You might have heard the term “money isn’t everything,” and I think it applies well here. People in poorer countries might have less material and financial goods, but having a loving, supportive family and community makes up for that lack and likely contributes to greater happiness and less feelings of despair. There’s nothing wrong with wanting success, but if the goal of success is to obtain as much wealth as possible over physical health or quality relationships, then we have to ask what it means to be happy and what success is for.

I can understand the confusion. GenAI chatbots and I both offer disembodied answers to questions. But the resemblance ends there: Chatbots turn words into numbers and calculate the probability of word combinations based on massive data files of digitized text. I consult with my librarian friends, and I reflect on their carefully collected and curated books and articles. My supportive foundations are built on an ethic of care for the people and the community I’m a part of.

I’ll give a general answer because energy levels and how your body handles caffeine are very personal. A regular sleep schedule and some honest reflection about whether all the things you’re trying to do actually fit into one day would be helpful as a starting place. Then you’d be in a better place to see if (slowly) tapering off the energy drinks is something you can do without shocking your system. The folks at Student Wellness could probably help with some suggestions too: https://bit.ly/BCStudentWell