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Monday, August 10, 2009

Dead and buried in a bookcase coffin

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There was an interesting article in The NY Times a few weeks ago on the growing interest in home funeral-ing. While I've never been t...
Friday, August 07, 2009

Ashram to ashram

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Well, out with the OMG, and in with the om. It seems - at least to The New York Times - that "Hard Times are Jamming the Ashrams....
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Thursday, August 06, 2009

Hey, Moe. (2-D love in Japan.)

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The Sunday NY Times Magazine had a fascinating article a short while back on the phenomenon of 2-D "relationships" in Japan. Th...
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Wednesday, August 05, 2009

'I'm Spartacus' - or, why don't the boys of summer just man up about using PEDs

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Like most Red Sox fans, I was dismayed, but not shocked, to hear that David Ortiz was on the list of 100 or so MLB players who tested positi...
Tuesday, August 04, 2009

Trina, Trina, Trina: suing Monroe College may NOT be the best way to find a job

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Trina Thompson graduated, with a BA degree, from Monroe College in the Bronx. She's been out since April, and she hasn't yet found ...
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Monday, August 03, 2009

You say blighted to-may-to, I say blighted to-mah-to

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One of the great pleasures of New England summer is experiencing those few brief shining moments in August when we have native corn on the c...
Friday, July 31, 2009

Hostess-san with the Mostest-san

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I was completely intrigued by a recent NY Times story on Japan's hostessing profession. Hostesses work in gentlemen's clubs, wher...
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Thursday, July 30, 2009

It was only an RV, in old LAX...

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When I was a child, one of my favorite books was Blue Willow , a novel about a girl whose father was an itinerant farm worker. Daydreamer ...
Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Warning: UR TXTing may be hazardous to my health :(

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If it's not exactly OFFICIAL, it's now at least official: The first study of drivers texting inside their vehicles shows that t...
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Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Haul of Fame

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Over the weekend, the Red Sox' Jim Rice, alongside Rickey Henderson, was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown. The Ha...
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Monday, July 27, 2009

e-smoke 'em if you e-got 'em

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I have no idea how I missed this one - perhaps it's because I'm not a smoker - but I hadn't really been aware of e-cigarettes un...
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Friday, July 24, 2009

Sorry for your troubles (but thrilled with the hole-in-one)

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When I went to check one of my many e-mail accounts the other day - this one over on AOL - a headline about the best miniature golf courses ...
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Thursday, July 23, 2009

George Clooney, turnaround guy. (What the Croc?)

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Rumors of Crocs impending bankruptcy have been lurking for months. In fact, the noise has been as persistent and ominous as the tick-tock...
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Wednesday, July 22, 2009

The AK-47 is nice and all, but I'd rather have a sun roof

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Despite what its Chamber of Commerce says , there's not much to put Butler, Missouri on the map. It was the first city west of the Mis...
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Tuesday, July 21, 2009

The zebra mussel: from Russia, with love

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One of the many great things about living is New England is our drinking water. Turn on the tap, out it comes: mostly pure, mostly (blesse...
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Monday, July 20, 2009

Rent Party

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There was an article on Boston.com last week on whether still-standing employees should pass the hat for those who are pink slipped. Fran...
Friday, July 17, 2009

What's eaten in Vegas...

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Surely, there is no one in this country who does not know by now that recession victims are everywhere (except, just possibly, North Dakota,...
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Thursday, July 16, 2009

There's a moon out tonight

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Well, today's the fortieth anniversary of the first manned landing on the moon. I was never a huge space buff. Oh, sure, I watched i...
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Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Nabokov from the grave

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Apparently, this is both old news and pre-news, but when Vladimir Nabokov died in 1977, he left instructions with his son, Dmitri, to destro...
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