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Wednesday, March 09, 2011

That’s how we make it. That’s your food.

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When my niece Molly was in her waitress-playing stage – she was age three or so, but by that point had already eaten out often enough to kno...
Tuesday, March 08, 2011

Galliano on the rocks

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Frankly, until I started reading about the brouhaha stirred up by his execrable (and video’d) comments, I don’t believe that I’d ever even h...
Monday, March 07, 2011

Moammar Khadafy’s “theories on democracy”

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It may not be quite as white-shoe a management consulting firm as Bain, BCG, or McKinsey, but Monitor is right up there in terms of pedigre...
Saturday, March 05, 2011

Now I know why people Tweet

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Overheard - The Foundry, Davis Square: “All men want to be Charlie Sheen.” (One thirtyish guy to his pal, standing in the bar.)
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Friday, March 04, 2011

Sailing, Sailing, over the bounding main (just not off the coast of Somalia, please)

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For thos e of us drawing our knowledge of pirates from Captain Hook (and Smee) in Peter Pan ; kids trick-or-treating in bandanas and eye pat...
Thursday, March 03, 2011

Gaudeamus Igitur: The University of Redwood’s accepting applications. (And rejecting them.)

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This link will take you to the Reed College website . And here’s a screenshot that I nabbed from that Reed College website. Looks migh...
Wednesday, March 02, 2011

Wicked Laser: you could poke somebody’s eye out with that

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Some days, I feel like I’m only a few minutes away from gumming out my own personal version of “My name’s Jack Crabb. And I am the sole whit...
Tuesday, March 01, 2011

Cobbler, cobbler, mend my shoe

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I’m fortunate to live in one of those urban neighborhoods that has its very own cobbler. A couple of times a year – spring and fall – I br...
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Monday, February 28, 2011

Swag Bag 2011

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By now, you probably know who this year’s Oscar winners and losers are. At least you’ll know if you care to know. So far, I haven’t seen a...
Friday, February 25, 2011

So many choices…

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I may be one of the last folks in this country who can make this statement, but I have a neighborhood pharmacy. No, I don’t go there all t...
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Thursday, February 24, 2011

Out of sight…

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We like shiny. We like new. We like techie. And we like stuff where, heck, we don’t have to fret about too much of the price we pay going in...
Wednesday, February 23, 2011

How not to get the job

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There was yet another one of those time-wasting “Top X Something-or-others” non-articles on Boston.com the other day – this one being ‘How n...
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Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Hedging your bets

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They were the best of friends, they were the worst of friends… Best man caliber best friends. That was until insider trading made a mess...
Monday, February 21, 2011

“Don’t Know Much About History…”

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Before we had Presidents’ Day, we had George Washington’s Birthday. Even as a child I always thought that Abraham Lincoln got short shrift...
Friday, February 18, 2011

Playing a corpse: it’s a living

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I wouldn’t go so far as to say that I’m a cop show junkie. I mean it’s not like I have withdrawal symptoms if I go a month or so without s...
Thursday, February 17, 2011

Westminster Doggy Style

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The Westminster Dog Show was held this week, and the winner was a Scottish Deerhound named Hickory. (Full nom d’dog show: GCH Foxcliffe Hic...
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