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Tuesday, March 05, 2019

To Kill an amateur production of “Mockingbird”.

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A couple of small local theaters were  mounting productions of “To Kill a Mockingbird.” The Curtain Call Theatre (70 seats) in Braintree and...
Monday, March 04, 2019

Professional mourners

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The tradition has died out, but up until the mid 1900’s, in certain Irish precincts, families hired a couple of keeners to show up at the wa...
Friday, March 01, 2019

That does it, I’m moving to Japan

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I had lunch the other day with my friend Grace. Like me, Grace is une femme d'un certain âge – a woman of a certain age. And that certa...
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Thursday, February 28, 2019

Is it a real fake Porsche, or a fake real Porsche

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I was never that much of a car girl, but as I recall, the cool cars of my late teens and early twenties – before folks segued their driving ...
Wednesday, February 27, 2019

This year’s swag bag. Does Glenn Close REALLY need a poop-emoji toilet plunger?

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I ended up watching the last hour or so of the Oscars, turning it on right around the point where Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper did their goo...
Tuesday, February 26, 2019

Write on?

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Perfect. Sounds good. Works for me! If you don’t respond to some of your emails – the ones that seem appropriate for a short “smart reply” –...
Monday, February 25, 2019

Time for Bob Kraft to recede into the background

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A couple of things for the record: While acknowledging that his organization has a decent record, philanthropically speaking, I’ve never bee...
Friday, February 22, 2019

Reimagining Walmart

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I can count on one finger the number of times I’ve been in a Walmart. The year was 2003. I wanted to pick some things up for a marketing pro...
Thursday, February 21, 2019

Fire, fired, firing…

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When they heard about the Aurora, Illinois, workplace rampage, was anyone really surprised to learn that the employee who shot and killed a ...
Wednesday, February 20, 2019

Midnight trip to the ER? Thanks, Fitbit.

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Late Sunday night, having just watched John Oliver, returned from his 3 month hiatus and on a tear about Brexit, I decided to check and see ...
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Tuesday, February 19, 2019

The J. Peterman Owner's Manual

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Why, just the other day, I was wondering out loud whether the J. Peterman catal og still existed. You know J. Peterman. The duster that look...
Monday, February 18, 2019

Presidents’ Day? Just not THIS president

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Last year, Pink Slip observed this holiday with a post entitled Let’s Make Presidents’ Day Great Again . That’s my story and I’m pretty much...
Friday, February 15, 2019

Casino not so royale

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Everett is a decidedly unglamorous working class town a bit north of Boston, perhaps best known as the home for a plentitude of oil and gas ...
Thursday, February 14, 2019

Man repeller? Happy Valentine’s Day to you, too.

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Well, it’s Valentine’s Day, so it’s time for those without a sweetheart – those without a sweetheart who would actually like to have a sweet...
Wednesday, February 13, 2019

They’re mad as hell and they’re not going to take it anymore

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Since the cavemen began pegging rocks at wildebeests two million years ago, man’s attempts to keep domination over the animal kingdom have b...
Tuesday, February 12, 2019

Get in line. No, not this line. THAT one.)

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I have Global Entry/TSA PreCheck. I don’t fly that often, but having this is absolutely worth it. I don’t understand why anyone who flies mo...
Monday, February 11, 2019

At least there are no stone martens in downtown Boston

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I have been happily car-free now for more than a decade, and I suspect I’ll make it to the other side without having had another car again. ...