Archive for 2010

Realtor and real estate writer John Keith has an interesting blog post on BostonHerald.com where he compares Boston’s population by age group in 2000 and 2008/2009 (data methodology issue: as Keith points out the American Community Survey is an annual survey of a sample of the population whereas the the 2000 data is from a [...]

Vote Marty Lamb on November 2

The pictures below are from the Southborough pumpkin lighting on October 10, 2010. Perhaps they can serve as inspiration for your pumpkin carving!

The pictures below are from the Southborough pumpkin lighting on October 10, 2010. These particular pictures show pumpkins that devour other pumpkins. Sorry about the shoddy quality, I just couldn’t get the flash to behave well.

On October 9 OshKosh B’gosh, best known for its line of baby overalls – is opening a store at the South Shore Plaza mall. Magic 106.7 will broadcast live from the grand opening celebration and there will of course be sundry child-friendly activities. Below are pictures of the store taken during a preview event for [...]

New England Patriots 2010 regular season record: 14-2. 9/12 vs CIN 38-24 9/19 @ NYJ 14-28 9/26 vs BUF 38-30 10/4 @ MIA 41-14 10/10 Bye 10/17 vs BAL 23-20 10/24 @ SD 23-20 10/31 vs MIN 28-18 11/7 @ CLE 14-34 11/14 @ PIT 39-26 11/21 vs IND 31-28 11/25 @ DET 45-24 12/6 [...]

Squirrels are pretty cute little animals when they hop around in your back yard or chase each other up and down trees. They are real pests, however, when they make their way into your house. Squirrels are furry little rodents who seem compelled to chew on anything made of wood and they can cause substantial [...]

Really, she did. It happened when I was in middle school, maybe 8th grade, probably 9th grade. It took place in Stockholm, in a building somehow affiliated with the Catholic Church (or so I was told). It was all a little bit hazy to me and I’m a Lutheran so I can’t say I particularly [...]

The United States Census Bureau released its annual report on Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States for 2009 last week. As expected, income and health care insurance coverage were down compared to 2008 while the poverty rate increased in 2009 compared to the previous year. That’s not particularly starnge since the [...]

When New England Patriots traded runningback and 2006 first round draft pick Laurence Maroney to the Denver Broncos on September 14 it marked the end of a spectaluarly failed era of drafting for the team. The 2006 through 2008 drafts produced only three notable players for the Patriots: Kicker Stephen Gostkowski, starting inside linebacker Jerod [...]