What’s your favorite month of the year? Why?

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This one is easy for me. I am a summer kinda guy. Spring is nice, fall is okay, winter is an asshole. Summer? Summer is the man. Therefore my favorite month of the year is a summer month. It could really be any of them, but I am going to go with July. Why?

Summer starts in June and June is great. Summer ends in September so September is kind of a jerk. August is great, but while summer doesn’t end in that month, it sort of does. Summer vacation for the kids ends in August so that’s a bummer. Also, the weather often starts cooling off by the end, so that’s depressing. Worst of all is just the knowledge that the good times are about to end. It’s just sad on an existential level.

That leaves July. Also, July has a big summer holiday here in the United States. Independence Day is July 4th. We celebrate with cookouts and family and by just embracing the wonderfulness that is the summer time. I love it. Those are the reasons why July is my favorite month.

How about a couple of honorable mentions. June and August are obviously favorites thanks to the weather. February is another favorite, despite the freezing cold and constant threat of snow. My step son and my wife both have birthdays in February. One of my nephews does too. May is notable too as my step daughter’s birthday is in May. Mine is too, but I’m old so who cares. October is also notable because about 400 of my relatives were born in October.

So there you have it. My favorite month is July. Now that you know that, you can get on with your day. Have a good Tuesday, everyone.

What is your favorite place to go in your city?

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Boston, Massachusetts. My city. For my entire life it’s been this shining beacon of awesome sitting 20-30 miles to the South. I don’t have a favorite place in the city. I have a hundred favorite places in the city, maybe more. Here are a few of them, my personal highlights if you will.

• Fenway Park
• TD Garden
• Newbury Street
• Boylston Street
• Commonwealth Avenue
• Beacon Street
• Massachusetts Avenue
• Haymarket Square
• Faneuil Hall/Quincy Market
• Everything on the Freedom Trail
  • City Hall
  • Granary Burial Ground
  • Old North Church
  • Old South Meeting House
  • Paul Revere’s House, even though it’s a tough spot to visit if you’re really tall
  • The Old City Hall which currently houses a Ruth’s Chris’ Steak House
  • The Bunker Hill Monument
  • The USS Constitution
• Rose Kennedy Greenway
• Boston Common
• Boston Public Garden
• Cambridge is not Boston, but there are sites that are close enough to include
  • Harvard Square
  • Central Square
• Lansdowne Street
• Kenmore Square
• The North End

Okay… I am going to stop now. There are probably a couple of dozen more places that I love, but if I keep going I am going to spend hours writing this post and I’ll be late for work. Suffice to say that I love the holy hell out of the great city of Boston. There are other cities that I love, but Boston is mine. Boston is home.

What’s the first impression you want to give people?

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This is a tough one. I don’t think I’ve ever considered it. I think maybe the first impression I want to give depends on the situation. If the first impression I get from someone is “good person” then the first impression I want to give is “good person”. If the first impression I get is “colossal douchebag” then the first impression I want to give is “I think you’re a colossal douchebag, go away”.

I suppose there are a few impressions I’d like to give off when first meeting someone new. Here’s a bit of a list of things.

• I am not a colossal douchebag
• I might be smart, but I am not sure. Hopefully I am smarter than I think I am
• If you are a decent person I will be your ally. If you are a fascist then go die in a fire or something
• I don’t care how you live your life or who you fall in love with or where you or your family come from. I only care that you are happy and content. Unless you are a fascist, in which case you can go eat a great big bag of VD encrusted dicks

Okay… maybe those things are a little too complicated to be first impressions. How about this:

I am nice, even though I am really shy and not very good socially.

Yeah… that’s probably it. That probably sums me up all right.