It’ll Last Longer
December 24, 2025
After a long hiatus I post a small moment from my holiday season. … More It’ll Last Longer
To a Hiring Manager I Dearly Hate
May 2, 2025
Two weeks ago I shadowed at a hospital in the county to see if I could imagine myself working in the ER department. I already interviewed a few days prior with some hesitation about the position, but after my shadowing experience I sent the recruiter an email officially accepting the position. The response I got … More To a Hiring Manager I Dearly Hate
Bloomin’ Cactus
March 6, 2025
I came into the kitchen and noticed something strange happening to my cactus plant. A red bulb was sprouting out one of its leaves, and in the coming days more popped up. I was gifted this cactus over a year ago and in all that time, I had no idea it was capable of blooming. … More Bloomin’ Cactus
I got assaulted
August 9, 2024
I just got assaulted. Or I guess you could say I lost a fight badly. I think if you lose a fight badly enough you can just say “I got assaulted”. It started outside the Planet Fitness on Winter Street. A woman leaving work says excuse me after stepping out of the way of a … More I got assaulted
The Hunt for the Baltimore Oriole
June 4, 2024
A chance occurrence sets Max on a dark and twisted path down a long-forgotten past … More The Hunt for the Baltimore Oriole
I Cooked Every Letter of the Alphabet
April 2, 2024
26 dishes, 15 months, 1 Max … More I Cooked Every Letter of the Alphabet
Fig-uring Things Out
February 17, 2024
Imagine yourself perched in a fig tree. Around you are branches with fruits on the ends representing different paths of your life. In one you’re a world-class painter, another a journalist. You could be anything from a high school teacher to a lead scientist at a biotech company, but going for one fig means you lose the rest … More Fig-uring Things Out
I spent 48 hours in New York City
February 2, 2024
New York City. A.K.A. The Big Apple in the Concrete Jungle that Never Sleeps. For centuries it has served as an epicenter of finance, art, music, media, fashion, and global affairs. It is the backdrop to countless TV shows and movies including hit sitcoms, dramas, and 8,000 procedural cop shows. I mean, seriously, how do … More I spent 48 hours in New York City
Max’s 2023 Recap
December 31, 2023
2023 is over. In a new tradition I’m creating right now, I am going to summarize my life these last twelve months and share the resolutions I made last New Year’s. In December of 2022, I was living in downtown Boston and had been working my first job out of college in a lab for … More Max’s 2023 Recap
The NutCracker Cracked My N- Nevermind
December 20, 2023
Boston Ballet’s annual production of The Nutcracker hit me real hard. Where that mark is, you’ll have to read and find out. … More The NutCracker Cracked My N- Nevermind
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