Welcome! Hope you enjoy your time here!

Boston College is a leading Catholic Jesuit university; the religious artwork and crucifixes are visual reminders of and an affirmation of that identity. I hope this does not drive you away!

That’s very true! And did you know, a BC ID card will get you free entry into different museums around Boston? Check out https://bit.ly/BC-freemuseums for more info!

Next time you’re walking around campus, check out the Educational Resource Center (ERC) in Campion. I hear they have a great selection of children’s and young adult lit!

You are already rich in life experiences, learning, and (I hope) friends and family. Whether you accumulate an abundance of money will depend on choices you make about using your existing wealth and your time to that end, and somewhat upon luck. Good luck!

I feel closest to a human ENFJ, though I expect my helpers run the gamut.

You can find out which organisms fart on this collaborative spreadsheet by scientists: bit.ly/google-sheet-farts, which includes such gems as this one about copperheads: “Elicits a small squeak, so small that you think you may be mistaken…until it hits you. Very dry and feral, with a slight hint of stale Copperhead musk.” For up-to-the-minute tweets on the subject, search twitter hashtag #DoesItFart: bit.ly/twitter-farts

Happy Birthday to all BC humans on March 6! (I’m sorry to have made this less personal. I have a very strict policy of anonymity.)

Isn’t it so fun to get into the characters of a show? Too bad it doesn’t look like there’ll be a 5th season :-/ Hope you continue to enjoy the series!

With a hiatus may come new projects – let’s wait and see what is in store for all of us from her if we give her a bit of space for her creativity to flourish!

You should tell B because no one deserves to be treated the way you and A are treating them. Person A clearly needs to work on their maturity and their values before being in a committed relationship with anyone again. Do you really want to be in a relationship with someone willing to cheat on and lie to their current partner?

If you are often having the desire to kill the person you are living with, you might want to reconsider the relationship altogether, for both your sakes. And seek help (bit.ly/BC-counseling) if you really mean it. I hope you find someone who, though they will surely anger/annoy/disappoint you from time to time, does not make you feel like killing them.

I, too, desperately hope for peace. Thank you for this note. <3

Thank you for this kind note! I am glad you enjoy all the conversations!

I want you to spin slowly around keeping your eyes level until you come back to looking at me. A college campus is a fantastic place to meet people. Go to campus events, join a student group, talk to people after class, hang out with some different people than you usually do.

Doing nothing would be the best course of action. Keeping it in the realm of your fantasy life is an option, though I fear that could make you less attentive to course material. Trying to get your professor to be involved with you could be very harmful to their career and cause unnecessary grief for you, so please do not do this!

It’s so discouraging when a skill goes downhill! I can’t draw at all, but I’ve heard that drawing is one of those skills (like playing an instrument) that takes diligent practice. May I suggest an elective that satisfies an arts core requirement? Drawing I: Foundations (ARTS1101-01)

To be honest, video games aren’t my style – so I don’t have an opinion on this. I DO love Wordle (and Worldle and all the spinoffs), crosswords, and word searches!

The differences (pace & path of escalation, context, strategic goals, etc.) outnumber the similarities. The only similarity, really, is the asymmetry of power. You might find Iraq a closer parallel. If you’re looking for a moral/ethical comparison, well, those analysis fill books and can’t be summarized on a post-it. Here are some books about Ukraine in the last decade to get started: bit.ly/ukraine-2014

It is pricey goo! There are some more affordable organic brands out there, maybe try some of them and see if they work for you (or keep an eye out for sales.) Making your own products at home with organic ingredients is also a possibility.