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Tuesday, November 04, 2025

ATM's for doggos? Oh, why not?

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Today is election day in Boston. It's pretty much a yawner. Our mayor, Michelle Wu, trounced her main opponent in the primary. And I do ...
Thursday, October 30, 2025

Talk about a niche profession

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This may come as something of a shock to my readers - it does to me - but I have never been to Walden Pond. Sure, I read Thoreau way back in...
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Wednesday, October 29, 2025

Who in their right mind?

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I don't typically use the word "magical" to describe a place I've visited, but taking the water taxi into Venice and seein...
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Tuesday, October 28, 2025

Who says there's no good news?

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Babies (and puppies) aside, if there's a little critter any cuter than the axolotl, I don't know what it is. This pink salamander lo...
Thursday, October 23, 2025

Next time, take the lump sum

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It's been years since I got one of those big promotional envelopes from Publishers Clearing House. I remember bright yellow markings, bu...
Wednesday, October 22, 2025

An eye for a tooth, a tooth for an eye

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One of the most aggravating and disheartening aspects of the Trumpian elimination of so much medical research funding is that there will be ...
Tuesday, October 21, 2025

Title, schmitle. (Looking at you, Prince Andrew.)

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Well, on Saturday I participated in the No Kings event in Boston. It was a beautiful day to be out and about with my fellow terrorists anti...
Thursday, October 16, 2025

What a remarkable woman

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  Stephanie 'Steve' Shirley. I'd never heard of her. But what a remarkable woman. What a remarkable life. After a brief illness,...
Wednesday, October 15, 2025

An "unprovoked attack"? Not from the water buffalo's point of view

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A couple of months ago, there was news out of South Africa that a big-game hunter from Texas was killed by a Cape buffalo he was stalking. A...
Tuesday, October 14, 2025

Walking tall and carrying a big ol' stick made of BS

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Imagine having the last name "Pusser." Bad enough, eh? But to look at your newborn baby and give him the name "Buford," ...
Thursday, October 09, 2025

Just put your lips together and blow

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One of the many pleasures of my pre-school days was meandering around the neighborhood with a small covey of my fellow three- and four-year ...
Wednesday, October 08, 2025

Teddie's going bigtime

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I don't remember when I discovered Teddie Peanut Brother. Although Teddie has been around for 100 years now, I didn't grow up with i...
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Tuesday, October 07, 2025

Flutes 'r' Us. (Who knew?)

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I knew that, with Zildjians being made here, Greater Boston is the hub of the U.S. cymbal industry. Kind of like what Pittsburgh once was to...