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Showing posts with label where we live. Show all posts
Showing posts with label where we live. Show all posts
Tuesday, September 15, 2026

It was the best of states, it was the worst of states

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I am a complete and utter sucker for state rankings, especially those that are flattering to my home state and the handful of other states I...
Thursday, July 02, 2026

Semiquincentennial? I celebrated on June 18th.

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I don't remember all that much about my personal celebration of our nation's bicentennial. The year before, on April 19, 1975, I...
Tuesday, June 23, 2026

No Scotland, No Party. (All Hail, the Tartan Army!)

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I hadn't been paying particular attention to the World Cup. I'd been keeping a very small eye on it, mostly to see whether futbol te...
Tuesday, June 09, 2026

This is just very, very sad

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On February 27th, in the early morning hours - a bit before 5 a.m. - there was a gruesome accident at the Davis Square MBTA station in Somer...
Wednesday, May 20, 2026

Sure, it's flattering, but...

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When it comes to states, I'm an absolute homer. Yes, I can imagine living in other places - elsewhere in New England, New York (NYC), Il...
Thursday, March 19, 2026

Triple deckers

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I always tell people that I grew up in a triple decker, which is kinda-sorta true. I only lived there until I was six-and-a-half, when we mo...
Thursday, December 11, 2025

Johnny we hardly knew ya!

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There's a pub not far from where I live called the 21st Amendment, afer the amendment that provided for the repeal of prohibition. It...
Wednesday, November 12, 2025

Heartbreaking. Enraging.

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I suppose I should have followed up yesterday's grim post with something a bit lighter, but, hey, in for a dime, in for a dollar. So tod...
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Tuesday, July 29, 2025

I'm not usually the jealous type, but...

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A flat in Galway. A flat in Dublin.  Sure, I have my fantasies about living in Ireland. As someone whose great-grandparents emigrated, I can...
Monday, June 02, 2025

Is private equity good for anyone other than the PE gods themselves?

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I know, I know. As economist Paul Krugman has it, "Not all private equity people are evil. Only some." But I'm scratching my h...
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Wednesday, May 21, 2025

Shocking, but not surprising

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The housing crisis in this country is bad and getting worse. I see it up close and personal every day I'm at my volunteer job in a day s...
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Wednesday, April 16, 2025

That's the Woody Woodpecker Song

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I don't imagine there are many Baby Boomers who didn't, at some point in their childhoods, use the Woody Woodpecker laugh. The onlin...