Fun with Facebook: Christmas 2010 edition!
by Robert Gillis published in the Foxboro Reporter and Boston City Paper, 12/2010 Welcome to “Fun with Facebook, Christmas edition…” Frosty the Snowman: Happy birthday! Hey, I said my first…
What if “The Christmas Song” were written in 2010?
By Robert Gillis Published in the Foxboro Reporter and Boston City Paper It’s Thanksgiving, Christmas songs are being played 24/7, and one of the most beloved (read: incessantly overplayed) Christmas…
2010 Cable auction to benefit the Doolittle Home is Saturday November 6, 2010
By Robert Gillis Published in the Foxboro Reporter 10/2010 Just in time for all your holiday shopping — the Doolittle Home auction event is back! Mark your calendars for November…
Silver-Age Superboy comic book (in)justice!
by Robert Gillis 8/2010 When it came to individual liberties (and the law in general) Silver Age comics could always be counted upon to dismiss such silly concepts as Miranda…
The customer, most assuredly, is NOT always right: A cashier’s bill of rights
By Robert Gillis Published in the Foxboro Reporter and the Boston City Paper, 8/2010 All of us have cashier and store clerk horror stories and instances where “customer service” was…
Boston, you’re my kind of town!
By Robert Gillis Published in the Foxboro Reporter and the Boston City Paper, 7/2010 In my years of working in the great Metropolis of Boston, I have observed and experienced…
Silver Age Superboy and Lois Lane presents: Comets and Meteors: THEY’RE AMAZING!
by Robert Gillis 7/2010 What was so special about the silver age of comic books? Read about it HERE (Click any image to enlarge) Our understanding of the universe changes…
Read my book, “Nana, my grandmother, Anne Gillis”
“In the 1930’s, being a single mother was not only shocking, it was a challenge overcome by only the strongest of women. Anne Gillis was such a woman, and with…
How was my vacation? It’s great to be home!
By Robert Gillis Published in the Foxboro Reporter and the Boston City Paper, 7/2010 There’s an old saying that one should never complain because half your audience isn’t listening and…
More Silver-Age Superboy Absurdity!
by Robert Gillis 7/2010 What was so special about the silver age of comic books? Read about it HERE (Click any image to enlarge) Superboy was the lead feature in…
Another Slow News Day!
by Robert Gillis Published in the Foxboro Reporter and Boston City Paper, 5/2010 Slow news day. Random thoughts. When someone begins a sentence with, “No offense, but…” they are about…
Be part of the solution; write your letter to the editor
by Robert Gillis Published in the Foxboro Reporter, 5/2010 (Standard disclosure: I am not an employee of the Foxboro Reporter. Since 1996, I have been a column contributor, and hope…
More Silver Age Superboy antics: No matter where you look, there’s the Earth.
by Robert Gillis 5/2010 What was so special about the silver age of comic books? Read about it HERE (Click any image to enlarge) Here’s a gem from a Superboy…
Re-Elect Lynda Walsh for Foxboro Selectman
By Robert Gillis Published in the Foxboro Reporter as a Letter to the Editor (political op/eds for regular columnists not allowed) in 4/2010 To the editor, My dear friend Lynda…
CERN Large Hadron Collider unlocks the secrets of the universe and promptly destroys half of the Earth
By Robert Gillis, who decided to rewrite the AP for April Fool’s Day Breaking news from Geneva, 3/31/2010 — “The world’s largest atom smasher conducted its first experiments at conditions…