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Tuesday, December 08, 2020

Shoes Blues

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Perhaps it's because I Was a Teenage Shoe Factory Worker, but I've always had a warm spot in my heart for those who work in what...
Monday, December 07, 2020

More than a day that will live in infamy...

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Today's Pearl Harbor Day. The 79th anniversary of the "day that will live in infamy," the day that finally got the United Stat...
Friday, December 04, 2020

Good to know at least one business is doing okay

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I always have a real Christmas tree. At least always during the nearly 30 years I've had my condo and hosted Christmas Eve. Throughout t...
Thursday, December 03, 2020

I'd like a word

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I don't remember a time when I wasn't in love with words. This is not surprising, given that I came from a family of great readers a...
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Wednesday, December 02, 2020

Dr. Frankenstein, I presume.

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There are all kinds of wacky and scary things that scientists can do when they start monkeying around.  Case in point: researchers in Japan ...
Tuesday, December 01, 2020

Doing business on great waters

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Last week, a commercial t Guard were alerted the something had gone agley, but by the time they got to the site, all that was left of the Em...
Monday, November 30, 2020

It's Cyber Monday, and if you're looking for the ultimate smart bed, get crackin'

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Well, it's Cyber Monday, and if you're not all shopped out by Black Friday and Small Shopping Saturday... And especially if you'...
Friday, November 27, 2020

All that's left is finding something to order from the Vermont Country Store

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Well, it's Black Friday. And once again, I will observe a tradition of long-standing and NOT go shopping. I won't be standing in lin...
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Thursday, November 26, 2020

Thanksgiving 2020

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 This is usually my broken record holiday .  Year in, year out, I pretty much have the same things to say. Year in, year out, I link to the ...
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Wednesday, November 25, 2020

Flash back to high school

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The other day, my sister Kath sent me a link to an article she'd seen on a group of student snitches (I'm pretty sure that's the...
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Tuesday, November 24, 2020

Do cruise ship bands still play "Nearer My God to Thee"?

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I wouldn't be caught dead - or alive - on a cruise ship, so if I'm going to contract COVID, it's not going to be while I'm s...
Monday, November 23, 2020

Hull's Graves Light landgrab. (Or is it a rock grab?)

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A few years back, I took a Boston Harbor boat tour with a couple of friends. I've been out in Boston Harbor many times, but what was int...
Friday, November 20, 2020

One more reason to become a vegetarian

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We learned early-on in the pandemic that some groups were being hit worse than others. One of the hardest hit was those who worked in meat p...
Thursday, November 19, 2020

How wonderful is Dolly Parton? Think COVID vaccine. THAT'S HOW WONDERFUL!

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We knew last spring - in our darkest hour (or one of them: Trump's still not gone) - that Dolly Parton had donated a cool million to cor...
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Wednesday, November 18, 2020

Congratulations, Kim Ng!

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I am (im)perfectly happy with the career that I had. My work was generally interesting, I made decent money, and - most important - I had gr...
Tuesday, November 17, 2020

On rewatching "The Sopranos"

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There hasn't been much "must see TV" in my life since I was in seventh grade, living from Thursday to Thursday, pining for the...
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