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Tuesday, July 05, 2011

Yertles! Turtles stall traffic at JFK

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For many years, my brother-in-law Rick had a turtle. I believe that she originally came from Woolworth’s. And given how long she lasted, Slu...
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Monday, July 04, 2011

To a Glorious Fourth!

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My first year as a blogger, I wrote about The Glorious Fourth . The sentiments still hold. What it all comes down to is, warts and all, ...
Friday, July 01, 2011

Pink Slip Capitals

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This is somewhat belated – the news first came out in May – but my sister Kath just noticed it and pointed it my way. So, better late than n...
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Thursday, June 30, 2011

There’s real news, then there’s fake news, then there’s real fake news: Newsweek imagines Princess Diana at 50

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What with the 4th of July coming up next week, I was wondering what George M. Cohan – “A real live nephew of my Uncle Sam, born on the Fourt...
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Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Butter Cows? Who knew. (Norma Lyon, for one.)

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Sometimes it takes a death to bring something interesting and important to your attention. So the other day, with nothing better to do but g...
Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Dear Steven Spielberg (“Falling Skies”’ War Memorial Glitch)

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Let me confess up front that I’m not now and never have been much of a science fiction fan. I’ve enjoyed some of the classic 1950’s/1960’s...
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Monday, June 27, 2011

Whitey Bulger: And it’s no, nay, never, no, nay, never, no more. Will he play wild rover. No never, no more.

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Just as we’re settling down from our 24/7 obsession with/saturation coverage of the Stanley Cup Boston Bruins - Where does Zdeno Chara live?...
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Friday, June 24, 2011

Stoop labor

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Fortunately, while I’ve had plenty of dirty, nasty, physically demanding, and ill-paid jobs over the course of my lifetime, I’ve never had t...
Thursday, June 23, 2011

The office: home away from home?

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There was an article in The Wall Street Journal the other day on “the perfect office.” I didn’t pay all that much attention, as my days of...
Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Independence Day

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The NY Times on Sunday had yet another one of those “let’s get the readers’ goats” articles that they are so famous for. This one was abo...
Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Where I’d live

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I saw an article on Business Week.com on the 25 cities in the U.S. (out of 340 urban areas evaluated by the Council of Community and Econom...
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Monday, June 20, 2011

Summertime, and the Wiffle Balling’s easy

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Tomorrow is the first day of summer, which means in just a couple of weeks it will be the Fourth of July, the day on which my father always ...
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Friday, June 17, 2011

Policeman: “Hey, Boston, get back on the sidewalk.” Pink Slip: “But, Officer, based on the Pedestrian Danger Index, I know what I’m doing.”

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A few weeks ago, Transportation For America published its 2011 Dangerous By Design report, which includes a Pedestrian Danger Index. On ...
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Thursday, June 16, 2011

O, Canada? No, Canada! Boston Bruins win the Stanley Cup!

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Well, here in the Hub of the Universe, the Boston Bruins – “our” hockey team – has just won the Stanley Cup. They did so by beating the Va...