April 8, 2012 The Boston Globe Magazine

Are fat baseball players a problem?

It’s the question on everyone’s mind after the turbulent, truncated end of the 2011 Red Sox season. By Leigh Montville

A Titanic obsession

What does a lifelong fascination with a doomed ship get you? If you’re Springfield’s Ed Kamuda, a walk-on part alongside Leo and Kate, and one of the world’s most complete archives of the century-old disaster. By Jon Marcus

David Lawrence and Pete the Moose, shown here in 2009, developed a bond after Lawrence took the orphaned animal in.

Pete the Moose: What really happened

Abandoned as a baby in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom, he was saved, doomed to die, then saved again. The feud he spawned reveals a lot about our unpredictable, twisted relationship with the wild. By Warren Cornwall

Globe Magazine | Your Home

Tips for hiring a home improvement pro

From architects to organizers, kitchen designers to landscape contractors, here’s what to look for and the pitfalls to avoid. By Elizabeth Gehrman

globe magazine | Perspective

Should insurers get to decide your medication?

Why won’t Rebecca Alves’s insurer pay for the medication she needs? By Dave Seminara

Dinner With Cupid

Blind date between a vegan and a vegetarian

Will these two find common ground?

Cooking

Recipes for chilaquiles, matzo brei, and matzo toffee

Turn leftovers into something glorious By Adam Ried

Connections

Poker game as antidote to loneliness

We came to the weekly game for camaraderie, but not the supportive kind. By Steve Almond

globe magazine | First Person

Bicycle advocate Josh Zisson on safe riding

The creator of bikesafeboston.com, a Boston lawyer, wants to bring sanity to the road.

On the Block

Shingle Style homes for sale

Newer construction and old, these houses wow.

Style Watch

Not your ’80s preppy

It’s clean and classic, like its ’80s predecessor, but with lots of bold geometrics and a hint of the exotic. By Marni Elyse Katz

Out and About

The week around town

Irish revels, plus gatherings of chefs large and small.

Your Week Ahead

Sox, Stooges, Swan Boats, and other spring treats

Put these events on your calendar this week

One-Liners

Comedian Bob Carney on his final plan

A joke from the Quincy funnyman.

Tales From the City

A senior moment

Secrets to caring for your computer?

Letters

Letters to the editor

Globe Magazine readers respond to stories from recent issues.

Highlights

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10.5 ways local bookstores beat Amazon

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Miss Conduct

Dealing with religious holidays in an interdenominational household

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Bird calls at the Broadmoor Wildlife Sanctuary in Natick

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