Archive for May, 2009
Zombie Alert System Testing Fine
Universal Hub remains my best blog read of the day. Â Sometimes I feel silly reposting the best-of-UH, but until my friends tell me they’re reading UH too, I’ll keep passing on these gems. Â Earlier in the week, UH shared this exchange on Twitter: Â Â Â Â Â Someone in the police department has retained […]
Posted: May 23rd, 2009 under Humor.
Comments: 2
Dick Cheney Is Trying To Sell You A Rock
Dick Cheney has been actively defending his administration’s policies. Â He knows (I think) that those policies were soundly rejected by the American people last year, but that hasn’t stopped him from trying to convince everyone that he was right. Â Maybe he’s making his case for the historians? One of his repeated themes is that the […]
Posted: May 22nd, 2009 under National, Politics.
Comments: 2
Red Line Train To Myself
I got to the Alewife platform this morning at about 11:10, as a train was pulling out. There was a second train there, empty, doors closed. It looked like it was going out if service. I waited on the platform with a few dozen others. Another train came in. Everyone unloaded. Immediately, the loud departure […]
Posted: May 22nd, 2009 under MBTA, Personal.
Comments: 4
Timmy Wakefield
I went to the Sox game on Tuesday with Karl.  It was a nice night with great weather.  We sat next to a nice woman who had last been to the park to see Yastremski, in 1979.  And Tim Wakefield pitched a gem.  He gave up one run in 8 innings, and the game lasted only […]
Posted: May 21st, 2009 under Red Sox.
Comments: 1
Guns, Booze, Kids, and Credit Cards
Imagine for a moment that you’re an 18-year-old US citizen. Â By law, you can: buy a gun get married have kids join the military go to war You cannot: buy a beer get a credit card That latest entry is a new one. Â It’s one of the not-very-publicized sections of the credit card reform act […]
Posted: May 20th, 2009 under Politics.
Comments: 6
An Ode to Red Sox 2008 at the Plate
This guy’s pretty funny. If you don’t have the patience for the full 2:29, use this link to skip to the 1:47 mark and watch the Youkilis impression. Found via The Red Seat on Facebook.
Posted: May 14th, 2009 under Humor, Red Sox, Sports.
Comments: none
Ending the Drought
This video is as good a reason as any to break my posting drought. I want to bring them into the office to play Beirut.
Posted: May 6th, 2009 under Uncategorized.
Comments: 1