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These frigid January mornings, Venus is shining magnificently in the East before dawn. I see it when I get up for my morning run. It’s a nice reward for dragging myself out of bed and braving the extraordinary polar vortex … Continue reading →

Winter is really off to a fine start this New Year. January was only two days old before we had 18 inches of snow dumped on us. It was quite a Nor’easter. I got up several times in the night to … Continue reading →

Christmas comes each year, and each year it is hard to focus on the meaning of the Season. I was riding on the subway, packed in with the crowd on a cold, dark night. The worries of family and work, money … Continue reading →

It’s Thanksgiving, and again I am thankful for many things. I am writing this on Thanksgiving Eve. First and foremost, I am thankful I am not in a traffic jam.  Last night there was a thirty mile back up on the Massachusetts … Continue reading →

Halloween, the time of year I make a special effort to stay off the Borgo Pass! Stay off the Borgo Pass! For the uninitiated, the Borgo Pass is high in the Carpathian mountains and basically down the street from Castle … Continue reading →

We are celebrating the one year anniversary of this blog here at MagnusIncognito.com. I, Magnus Incognito, of alleged sound mind and body, wish to share with you some of my rambling thoughts on this subject. It seems like just a … Continue reading →

Here we are on the eve of yet another Federal Government shutdown. It  was only nine months ago  we  worried about going off the Fiscal Cliff. And despite predictions of the end of the world as we knew it, we … Continue reading →

I saw a little girl the other day who reminded me of my cat.  She was with her mother outside the Forest Hills subway station in Jamaica  Plain. It was a gorgeous late summer twilight and I was sitting across the … Continue reading →

There used to be an old saying that wars start in August. At least World War I and World War II did. The theory behind the saying was that most European governments took August off  for vacation and, well, shit … Continue reading →

Summertime. It’s that time of year you wish people would buy socks. I would like to walk around Boston handing out socks to all the people with nasty, ugly feet who insist on wearing flip-flops.  They are many. They are … Continue reading →