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Tuesday, July 12, 2022

Mid-century modern

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One of the best accounts I follow  on Twitter - me and nearly a quarter million others -  is Zillow Gone Wild , which showcases some of the ...
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Monday, July 11, 2022

Get back here? Make me!

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So, everyone's coming back to the office. Or maybe some of them are. Or maybe all most of them are. Or maybe they're coming back th...
Friday, July 08, 2022

Talk about funny money

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Not a big crypto/NFT fan, here. Not that I don't spend my share of time in the virtual world, but if I'm going to buy something I...
Thursday, July 07, 2022

Sunday Painter. (877 CASH NOW!)

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Many years ago, we were in the lounge in the hotel next to Bunratty Castle in Ireland when the cast of the Castle show came in for an end-of...
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Wednesday, July 06, 2022

Crab Trapper? Just water for me, please

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There's a well-known local brewery that makes a cannoli-flavored ale, and the proceeds of the sales go to local charity. I'm involve...
Tuesday, July 05, 2022

Saturday. In my town. In my neighborhood.

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Saturday morning, around 11 o'clock, I was grocery shopping at Roche Brothers in Boston's Downtown Crossing. It's on Summer Stre...
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Monday, July 04, 2022

The Not So Glorious Fourth

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Not feeling especially Glorious Fourth-y this year. Things aren't good. We're in trouble. Big trouble. Thus, today I'm flying th...
Friday, July 01, 2022

If this ain't the okiest, dokiest thing. Ever.

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I haven't seen it. Then again, I'm not in Somerville all that often. But I would love to come across it. Maybe not quite as exciting...
Thursday, June 30, 2022

Should it stay or should it go?

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Eight years ago, as I prepared for some major reno work, I went through - and got rid of - a lot of stuff. I didn't do Craigslist. I did...
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Wednesday, June 29, 2022

If brass knuckles are outlawed...

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I'm very happy to live in a non-gun culture. Never say never, but the only state where I'd be less likely to be killed in a shootout...
Tuesday, June 28, 2022

Open to work? Who wouldn't want to hire David Besonen?

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A couple of weeks ago, I enjoyed the great pleasure of going to a Ben Rector concert with my sister Trish and my niece Molly. They are both...
Monday, June 27, 2022

What's there to say?

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What's there to say?  Other than that - even though I'm never going to need an abortion - I feel fortunate to live in a state where ...
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Friday, June 24, 2022

The four day workweek? Yay!

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Back in the good old days, when life was nasty, brutish, and short (as opposed to modern life, where it's just increasingly nasty and br...
Thursday, June 23, 2022

I just KNEW it was all Jack Welch's fault

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Because he was a local boy made good, and because he ended up in Boston for a while towards the end of his life - just up the street from wh...