Archive for 2009

I took a stroll down Newbury Street in Back Bay in Boston the day before Independence Day. It was a beautiful day and Newbury Street was the bustling happening street one would expect it be, but there were also rather sad signs of the recession stumbling through. Blow are pictures of a few storefronts between [...]

104.1 WBCN – the self-proclaimed Rock of Boston – will soon be moved from terrestrial glory to the Internet graveyard, as originally reported by Adam Reilly on his media blog at ThePhoenix.com. The station’s owner CBS is moving Mix (WBMX) from its current signal 98.5 to WBCN’s. 98.5 will in turn be taken over by [...]

I ran a small handful of keyword searches that are near and dear to me in Microsoft’s new search engine Bing today and found that the gossip section in the Boston Herald, the Inside Track Gals, used one of my pictures on May 11 to illustrate some item related to the the Boston Celtics Dancers. [...]

A couple of months ago I quoted a local politician in Sweden recounting how government revenue projections are repeatedly revised downwards because of the terrible toll the recession in the United States is taking on the global economy’s export-driven participants. The local newspaper in my native city reports this weekend on another town that’s facing [...]

A picture of a Target Assets Protections tricycle personnel carrier at the Target store in Watertown. I don’t know whether it’s a souped up pimped Segway or some kind of electric vehicle. I have to say it’s more stylish than the plain vanilla segways that mall cops ride. Target wins – again.

some nitwit who copied passages because the idea of writing was more appealing than the writing itself. Udolpho.com on Ben Domenech, 3/26/2006 New York Times op-ed columnist Maureen Dowd (461) has gotten herself into a pinch by lifting a paragraph written by blogger Josh Marshall of Talking Points Memo fame and using it in one [...]

Peacuddy’s Cafe & Bakery in Melrose – a rather pleasant town north of Boston – is a terrific little place to have a cup of coffee and something to eat (Peacuddy’s serves Rao’s so you know the coffee is good). They have great cookies, too.

Massachusetts instituted universal health care in 2006 which has led to longer wait times to see a doctor according to survey that Boston Globe reports on today. The promise of universal health care is that it will reduce cost by expanding preventative care to a larger share of population. Reality is of course different: “If [...]

New England Patriots tight end David Thomas is preparing for what is likely going to be his last training camp with the team. Hope springs eternal in the off season, as the Boston Globe’s Christopher L. Gasper reminds us: One advantage for Thomas is that for the first time since his rookie campaign he’s been [...]

Going to the ball game leaving work early sitting in a back up stuck on Storrow Drive Get honked at Get yelled at Get cut off price gouged Get blocked in Get ticketed I tell you, fans, it’s harder than it looks it’s a long way to Fenway Park when Boston Red Sox are home