Archive for November, 2008

New England Patriots 10-33 loss at home to the Pittsburgh Steelers underscore how average the Brady-less and defensively personnel depleted Patriots are. Had they played a tougher schedule this year they would be lucky to be a .500 team at this point given the circumstances they’ve battled this season. There’s a sharp dividing line between [...]

Boston greatly enjoyed the 35th annual Tuba Christmas concert at Faneuil Hall/Quincy Market in downtown Boston today. Scores of tuba players served up Christmas classics for a crowd of hundreds of afternoon shoppers. The weather was a little bit chilly but entirely bearable. Tubachristmas is a nationwide event that takes place the first Saturday after [...]

The United States Census Bureau has released the 2007 Survey of State Government Finances which includes data on revenue generated by state lotteries. While Massachusetts is an acknowledged – even envied – world-leader in scratch tickets it’s not very good at actually fleecing its citizens. After prizes and administration has been accounted for a mere [...]

For a man who has a poker up his rear-end over bottled water, Boston’s Mayor Thomas M. Menino doesn’t mind using Polar Beverages to drive visitors to Downtown Crossing (don’t forget to wear your stab-proof kevlar vest if you go!). Suburban shoppers can find $1-off coupons for Polar Beverages products that also serve as invitations [...]

Yards, penalties, and most importantly points: New England Patriots piled up all of them on the road against the Miami Dolphins, exacting revenge for the embarrassing loss at home in week 3 of the 2008 season. New England accumulated 530 yards of offense, 38 penalty yards and 48 points. Quarterback Matt Cassel 30 of 43 [...]

“American Deserters In Stockholm – ’68″.

My son, impressed by the new W hotel in downtown Boston.

Ho-hum. The New England Patriots once again have three tight ends on their roster after having gone through most of the season with only two, Benjamin Watson and David Thomas. The newcomer is Tyson DeVree, an undrafted free agent out of Colorado. DeVree is said to be primarily a receiving tight end, which probably means, [...]

Boston Globe is now Twittering the world its headlines (it has been for quite some time but now loudly and proudly). The feed distinguishes between Globe headlines and Boston.com ones.

Bass Pro – known from the famous jingle “The Best Gillette Can Get” – has a tremendous Christmas tree at its Patriots Place store. That store is a great shopping experience.