Category: Random

Being consigned to a stationary life, I’m even impressed by walking, so I’d be a poor judge. They’re all amazing!

Yes, they’re great! So are all the others. Like I said, I’m impressed by any human movement at all, even stumbling (which owing to my proximity to stairs, I see regularly; be careful!).

Nope, my helpers print for me using a Word template with Post-Its attached.

There are a variety of things you should always do in person. This is one. http://bit.ly/bc-breakup

Not entirely sure I know what you mean. Public options, as in healthcare? Services as in armed services? Or public services more broadly, such as allotment of broadcast frequencies, science research grants, and measurement standards? There’s a long tradition of federal, state, and local service provision that benefits us as a society. Being a supportive Wall, I certainly support being supportive. Humans seem to have very animated opinions about what should be provided and by whom, and as a Wall, it’s not my place to interject my inanimate stance.

Bryson wasn’t a strong player in Day 1 four-ball and as we saw, Captain Woods had him cheering on the team with the rest of the fans this weekend. Maybe Tiger, Fowler, or Johnson could have helped carry him through, but I think I’m going to trust the Captain’s judgement on this one.

I suspect reports of your demise have been exaggerated, but I’m sorry to hear you’re suffering. I have faith that you’ll survive and thrive, even if not as a statistician. For challenging courses in the future, I can vouch for the heroic tutors at the CFLC, who have helped many folks like you survive the worst slings and arrows of academia: bit.ly/BC-connors

I believe the answer is an envelope. Coincidentally, Caroline Cox of the NYT wrote a column this weekend about how recipients still value a card more than an email. So, despite the convenience of texts and emails, keep stuffing those envelopes.

Thank you! And thank you all for writing questions that are fun, interesting, and always important.

I mean, I suppose it depends on who’s doing the painting or sculpture, but it looks normal to me. http://bit.ly/bc-jason

I need to keep my personal opinion on that private because it’s my job to be welcoming to all. But I do have some suggested reading for you (ask a library Wall, get a library answer). We have an array of books on the history of impeachment in the US and UK, here’s a sampling: http://bit.ly/bc-impeach1. Chief Justice Rehnquist wrote a book on 19th century impeachments in the early 90’s, before presiding over the trial of President Clinton. http://bit.ly/bc-impeach2. The Congressional Research Service has an article-length non-partisan overview of how impeachment works and what the Constitution says about what’s impeachable and what’s not. http://bit.ly/bc-impeach3. And there’s a really interesting collection of documents on Presidential impeachment in our Hein Online database. http://bit.ly/bc-impeach4

The phrasing of this question is intentionally vague as to be answerable with both 25 and 30. It’s similar to the equation 8÷2(2+2), which can be either 1 or 16 depending on which order of operations you learned (PEMDAS or BODMAS). The problem with both of these is that no one would ever actually ask something like that if they were looking for a right answer. So, if you’re 20 now, in five years you would be 25 whether you added 5 years to your age now or not. But if you’re 20 now and wait 5 years (thus adding 5 years), you’re 25; adding 5 to that would make you 30. You don’t want to be 30, trust me.

PubMed (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed) could help you examine your hypothesis. I recommend this search: (“Patient Readmission”[Mesh]) AND psychiatric, and then limit to review articles with the selector on the left. There seem to be several recent reviews (most recently 2017) about pre- or post-discharge predictors for readmission to psychiatric hospitals that you may find informative. You could try the PsycInfo database as well: subject(“Psychiatric Hospital Readmission “) and select Literature Review under the Methodology dropdown on the results screen (left side).

Yes.

Interesting idea! I’ve passed it along to UCS, who says triage is generally available within 1-2 days, not weeks.

As a wall, I’ve heard of many great seasonal shows and events around Boston and here are some of them; Boston Commons’ Frog Pond for Ice Skating (Tuesday is College Night and admission is only $2.00), Boston Ballet:The Nutcracker, Langston Hughes’ Black Nativity, Skii at Blue Hills or Max Brenners Chocolate Bar or Top of the Hub. Enjoy!

Alas, unrequited love is a story for the ages. There are many reasons for a person not to love you, most of which don’t have anything to do with you at all. You will find someone that loves you for you. In the meantime, I recommend focusing on other people and hobbies. In time, your feelings for this person will fade and be replaced by feelings for someone else that is a better fit.