Even Computer Geeks Are Not Immune From the Dreaded, “Bad Technology Day”
by Robert Gillis Published in the Foxboro Reporter, 2/1997 Last week, I had a “bad technology day.” It started innocently…
Ciao Italia!
by Robert Gillis Published in the Foxboro Reporter, 2/1997 and the Boston City Paper 10/2006 Ciao and buongiorno! (Hello and…
When Hell freezes over (or, how to endure three months of ice, snow and cold)
By Robert Gillis Published in the Foxboro reporter January, 1997 The icy blast of the alarm clock jostled most of…
1997 – Keep the Patriots in Foxboro — the open letter I wrote to Mr. Kraft
by Robert Gillis Published in the Foxboro Reporter, 1/1997 Note: I’d been writing for the Reporter for only a year…
You just gotta believe!
by Robert Gillis Published in the Foxboro Reporter, 12/1996 In a week filled with an office Christmas party, two family…
Christmas Thoughts, 1996
by Robert Gillis Published in the Foxboro Reporter, 12/1996 A note from Bob, 1/2014: This is one of my very…
Gun Show! (The Gun Show Loophole)
by Robert Gillis Published in the Foxboro Reporter, 11/1996 and the Boston City Paper in revised format 11/2006 “…A DANGEROUS…
Review: Star Trek: First Contact
by Robert Gillis Published in the Foxboro Reporter, 11/1996 “They invade our space, and we fall back. They assimilate entire…
Informed voters
by Robert Gillis Published in the Foxboro Reporter, 11/1996 One of the best movies in recent memory to depict our…
Dark shadows; bright future: Jaycees haunted house demonstrates a sense of community
By Robert Gillis Published in the Foxboro reporter, 9/1996 MEMORY LANE! THIS WAS MY FIRST COLUMN ABOUT THE FOXBORO JAYCEES…
This is an attempt to collect a debt!
by Robert Gillis Published in the Foxboro Reporter 9/1996 The mail box was bursting with the usual bills, catalogs, and…
Welcome Colin! My sister’s first baby is born, 8/8/96
by Robert Gillis Published in the Foxboro Reporter, 8/1996 A few years back, I gave Mom a videocassette containing a…
Why memories can be discarded, but never thrown away
by Robert Gillis Published in the Foxboro Reporter, 7/1996 The cellar was piled with things my father had discarded, but…
Seniors can show you secrets of eternal youth
By Robert Gillis Published in the Foxboro Reporter,7/1996 It’s no secret to anyone who knows me that I have a…
Proud sponsors are nothing to be proud of
By Robert Gillis Published in the Foxboro reporter, 7/1996 Historians note: I include this here to be complete; this was…