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Wednesday, February 09, 2022

"People here want to be known for something."

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When I was growing up, part of the geography lesson was learning what industry a city or state was known for. Rhode Island had jewelry. Hart...
Tuesday, February 08, 2022

And you thought the Moonies were nutters

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These days, it's so very, very difficult to absorb the news.  Every day seems to run the gamut from the ludicrous (Rudy Giuliani appeari...
Monday, February 07, 2022

Out with the olds?

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I'm not sure if I'd count in any statistics - I probably average only about 5 hours paid work each week - but the thing is that a lo...
Friday, February 04, 2022

News from Ireland. (Jaysus!)

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Anyone who knows me knows that I have a deep and abiding affection for Ireland. When I first stepped toe in the country (way back in 1973), ...
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Thursday, February 03, 2022

The Selling of the President's Crap. (Not THIS President. THAT one.)

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I'm sure that by now you've seen the news that Trump may be in a bit of financial trouble. All those leveraged properties. (Nearly a...
Wednesday, February 02, 2022

G.O.A.T. sees his shadow. Career now officially over.

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There was a little flurry of non-blizzard excitement over the weekend when word seeped out that Tom Brady was hanging up his cleats and reti...
Tuesday, February 01, 2022

T.C.O.T.R. R.O.T.T.E.N.

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Book banning has been making the headlines of late. "Maus" in Tennessee. "The Bluest Eye" in Missouri. Harry Potter. ...
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Monday, January 31, 2022

Snowbound!

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All  week long, the news was consumed with speculation about the upcoming storm. It could blow out to sea. It could be historic. It could be...
Friday, January 28, 2022

Huzzah for Commander Farrell!

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When you live in a place that's chocked-full of history, you don't tend to notice all that history surrounding you. At least not it ...
Thursday, January 27, 2022

And let's hear it for Mark Cuban!

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You read the horror stories all the time, the most common are the ones about the diabetics who rationed their unaffordable insulin and died ...
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Wednesday, January 26, 2022

Make way for the cargo blimp.

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I'm not sure what they were doing in Worcester, but every once in a while, during my childhood, a blimp would drift serenely through our...
Tuesday, January 25, 2022

Is the title Duke of Earl taken?

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Okay, I lapped up The Crown . And Spencer .  I confess to occasionally clicking through to read an always-disappointing story on Meghan and ...