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Thursday, November 03, 2016

Holy Cow! Did the Cubbies actually win this?

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If it weren’t for the Cubs, I would have been perfectly happy to see the Cleveland Indians win the World Series. First off, I’m an American ...
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Wednesday, November 02, 2016

Day of the Dead. (Make that Day of the Not Quite Dead.)

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Today is All Souls Day, or as it’s better known these days, the Day of the Dead. Back in the day, we didn’t have all the cool imagery, the ...
Tuesday, November 01, 2016

Bell tolls for Mass. toll-takers

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It’s really difficult to imagine a job that’s more boring than being a toll collector. Not only is the job colossally boring, but you’re sta...
Monday, October 31, 2016

Boo? No, boo-hoo. A very sad Halloween for the Rogers family.

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I’ve always loved Halloween. As a kid, you were out after dark, on your own marauding around the neighborhood with a bunch of your friends, ...
Friday, October 28, 2016

Two Gentlewomen in Verona

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Our plan all along was to take some sort of excursion out of Venice during our week there. And when we arrived in Venice, we knew the ‘where...
Thursday, October 27, 2016

The Merchants of Venice

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Unlike nations where the warriors get to be on top, the elites in Italy were members of the merchant class. Which would not surprise anyone ...
Wednesday, October 26, 2016

Sure, there’s a sinking feeling, but Venice really is great

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Not that it’s going to turn into Atlantis tomorrow, but Venice (where I vacationed last week with my sister Trish) is heading in that direct...
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Tuesday, October 25, 2016

Venice, anyone? Arriving in style. Sort of.

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I spent last week in Venice with my sister Trish, a bucket list trip for us both. I’ve been to Italy several times – a few trips to Rome, mo...
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Monday, October 24, 2016

Baby you can drive my car, autonomously. But who pays the insurance?

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Of all the necessary evils we have to go out of pocket for, is there one that’s more universally despised than car insurance? But, baby, if...
Friday, October 21, 2016

Not my cup of IoT

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The iKettle bills itself as “the world’s first Wi-Fi kettle,” which lets you “boil your kettle with your smart phone, anywhere in your home...
Thursday, October 20, 2016

Duck, duck, duck, goose

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Two of the places where I walk most frequently, the Boston Public Garden and the Esplanade (along the Charles River) are overrun with Canada...
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Wednesday, October 19, 2016

This is the dawning of the Age of Ophiuchus?

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I don’t spend much time thinking about my zodiac sign. Sure, when the astrology column is right in front of my face, I’ll give it a glance....
Tuesday, October 18, 2016

Going Aéropostale. (Chalk one up for the teen set.)

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Having been a kid myself once, I understand just what it feels like to want to have the same clothing that all the other kids have. For the ...
Monday, October 17, 2016

Speaking of vacation…

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Yesterday, I posted about unlimited vacation. As it turns out, I have a limited vacation of my own coming up. So I spent a rainy last weeken...
Friday, October 14, 2016

“Dept. of WTF Bob Dylan Nobel Laureate”

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Please allow me to introduce myself… Oh, my bad. That’s the Stones. Maybe next year, fellows. But please, do allow me to introduce mysel...
Thursday, October 13, 2016

Unlimited vacation days? Bet that’s not an unalloyed good.

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A couple of weeks back, there was an article in The Boston Globe on local companies that offer unlimited vacation days to their employees. ...
Wednesday, October 12, 2016

The grass is always greener when you live in a place with water

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The other day, along with my sister and niece, I did a drive-by of the house I grew up in. There have been times in the past when it looked ...