Archive for October, 2006

As my grandma always told me: Don’t be a douche. Sample: We know you went to Michigan with Tom Brady. We know you were his tutor for freshman English. We know that without your help, he probably wouldn’t have passed. This does NOT give you the right to say “I taught him everything he knows” [...]

The Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston at Harvard University has released a “policy brief” that casts doubts on the ability of railroads to increase population density and change land use: In general, all these comparisons showed that investments in commuter rail had small, but generally positive, impacts on nearby areas. The problem is that the [...]

Sports, basketball, and Boston Celtics legend Red Auerbach has died. Adam has a roundup of reactions from Boston bloggers.

The Boston Globe‘s Michael Levenson and Yvonne Abraham have a follow up article today on yesterday’s report that Boston’s population actually increased by some 7,000 people between 2000 and 2005, rather than decreased by 30,000, as originally estimated by the United States Census Bureau Here’s how the article explains how the revision came about: After [...]

One of Boston’s storylines over the past few years has been the city’s shrinking population. According to United States Census Bureau estimates, the population shrank from 589,000 in 2000 to 559,000 in 2005. Today, Boston Globe reporters Michael Levenson and Yvonne Abraham reports that the Census has revised its estimate for Boston to 596,638 after [...]

I watched a show on the Military Channel that featured gun camera clips from World War 2 on. Quite interesting. It had dogfights, strafing of both stationary and moving targets, and missile-guidance film. Here’s a World War 2 gun camera clip. Enjoy.

Below is a picture of my army knife. The inscription is the Swedish acronym for Staff and Communication School, which is where I did my military service for 11 months in 1990-1991. As you can see (and if you can’t, click here for a larger version) the acronym reads StabSbS, and who hasn’t felt the [...]

It wasn’t the most exciting of games when New England Patriots improved to 5-1 by defeating Buffalo Bill 28-6 on the road. Unlike the first time the two met this season, the Patriots had little difficulty in taking care of the Bills. The Patriots racked up a number of big plays, while the Bills managed [...]

Ready for some pumpkin pictures? Me too! New England t-shirt maker Life Is Good arranged a pumpkin festival on Boston Common today. People were asked to bring carved pumpkins (Jack o’Lanterns as they’re known) for the Life Is Good crew to light when darkness set in. We didn’t stay around for the pumpkin lighting, but [...]