Archive for June, 2007

My first-day impression of eBay Live 2007 in Boston is that it is, as I suggested this morning, much smaller than last year’s event in Las Vegas. That’s a good thing. Last year’s Live was almost claustrophobic, with practically all facilities and many educational sessions and seminars overwhelmed by people. This year’s eBay Live is [...]

eBay sorely tested the patience and loyalty of many of its sellers when it dramatically increased listing fees shortly after eBay Live 2006 in Las Vegas. At this year’s eBay Live in Boston, Bill Cobb promised during his keynote speech on June 14 that there will be no fee increases. Do I trust him? No. [...]

EBay Live 2007 is opening its doors today at the Boston convention center in South Boston. This year’s event is reportedly drawing about 8,000 visitors, far less than the 16,000 who went to eBay live in in Las Vegas last year. However, the downsizing should be beneficial to visitors since the Las Vegas event was [...]

While strolling through Boston Public Garden this afternoon I spotted a bird trying to do something productive with a small rodent carcass. I call the bird The Duck of Death, but I think it’s actually one of those disgusting lawn-destroying poop machines that are commonly referred to as Canada Goose. Either way, here he is, [...]

I’m somewhat surprised that so many people cared much about how the The Sopranos would end. I thought the first half of the sixth season rather clearly demonstrated that Chevy Chase, or whatever his name is, was deeply wrapped up in some passion that had nothing at all to do with entertaining the show’s audience. [...]

One of the Republican Party’s fund-raising operations called my wife today to ask for $500, money that would get her “dinner with the President,” her name in an ad in the Wall Street Journal and a certificate that she could frame and hang in her office (shouldn’t they spend that money on rebuilding the party, [...]

The lovely Jen Stewart spotted an unexpected fast-food product while vacationing in the South (well, in Virginia, at least).

Beautiful people are gathering tonight at some swanky event at Great Bay in Hotel Commonwealth in Kenmore Square. It’s the full Monty: Red carpet, velvet ropes, big limousines, pretty women in pretty dresses, wealthy men in black suits. I have no idea who they are, what they’re doing or why, but I’m sure it’s all [...]

The Boston Globe‘s Michael Levenson and Jonathan Saltzman report that Suffolk County (which is to say Boston and some neighboring towns) will “will run out of prospective jurors by October.” That’s strange. My wife has been to jury duty a few times, and every time she’s been sent home without actually sitting in a jury. [...]

Tom Casale’s notes from the New England Patriots 2007 mini-camp are must reads for Pats fans. The MetroWest Daily News’s Albert Breer has a good analysis of where the Patriots stand after the mini camp. Finally, Patriots head coach Bill Belichick addressed the media at the end of mini camp.