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Thursday, November 22nd, 2007Dear reader: if you’re looking for a simple but effective way to show your thankfulness for the blessings we enjoy, consider “Soldiers Helping Those in Need.”
It was started by a young man temporarily assigned to my son’s unit (an incredible story in its own right, I’ll wait until he’s out of harm’s way to profile […]
et al.: Thompson smokes something, urges cloning of soldiers
Wednesday, November 14th, 2007What the heck is Fred Thompson smoking? At a time when the Army can’t meet its current recruiting goals, he calls for a million-man ground-force for the military (perhaps he should team with Louis Farrakhan..). Here’s a clue, Fred: you ain’t gonna increase volunteers as long as the Iraq cesspool continues. Perhaps it’s […]
How ’bout them Sox?
Monday, October 29th, 2007Wow — I’ll be wearing my collector’s item “Medfield - Schilling 38″ T today (honoring our homie, Curt Schilling) all day.
This one doesn’t feel as amazing as 2004 (try to explain to people from other areas why so many graves around New England were festooned the day after with copies of The Globe, Sox pennants, […]
et al.: who will defend me? victim of right “wing” conspiracy!
Friday, October 5th, 2007It turns out I’m a member of America’s newest oppressed minority. I refer, of course, to the ambidextrous…
I was really looking forward to participating in a Mass General study on the “neurobiology of wisdom,” which involved a really loooong psychological survey (yes, I do think people are stealing my good ideas, and I do […]
et al.: astonishing hypocrisy in Bush child health actions
Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007Darn it, there goes my resolution to not make ad hominem comments about the duly-elect (ok, not really) 43rd President of the United States. However, this was so over the top — and gratuitously cruel — that I felt compelled!
Granted, the expansion of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) was pushed by flaming liberals […]
College admissions news: MIT admits idiots!
Friday, September 21st, 2007Shades of last winter’s Adult Swim controversy in the Hub of the Universe, which revealed a generational divide between those of us who pay mortgages and snot-nosed kids (bring on those snarky responses, boys and girls …) over what is and isn’t funny in the age of terrorism.
Some (by no means all!) kids are still […]
et al.: hang ‘em from the yard arm — It’ll be Talk Like a Pirate Day
Wednesday, September 19th, 2007So its terrorists yer lookin’ for, eh? There’ll be no talk of terrorists here today, when we’re focusin’ on the real issue at hand: pirates!
Quick, get young ‘awkins from the Admiral Benbow: we sail at sunrise!
It’ll be Talk Like a Pirate Day we’re celebratin’ agin, an there be none better ‘an the piratical […]
ALERT — DON’T SIGN UP IF YOU GET QUECHUP INVITE FROM ME!!
Thursday, September 13th, 2007PARDON ME FOR “SHOUTING,” BUT I GOT SCAMMED — A BOGUS SOCIAL NETWORKING SITE CALLED QUECHUP HARVESTED MY NAME FROM A TRUSTED REPORTER’S GMAIL LIST, AND I SIGNED UP BEFORE I ASKED HIM WHETHER IT WAS VALID. DON’T, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, SIGN UP IF YOU GET AN “INVITATION” FROM ME. YIKES. MY SINCERE APOLOGIES.
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et al.: “Snakes on a Plane” won’t fly
Thursday, September 13th, 2007And now for something completely different, as the Python boys would say (had to work that reference in because we’re pursuing a snake theme today).
Darn — those of us who are fans of the campy “Snakes on a Plane” can’t look forward to a real-life reprise, it appears. TSA screeners recently confiscated 30 — count […]
Katrina: what could we do with $456,278,478,000?
Wednesday, August 29th, 2007Too depressed over this anniversary to write much. I can’t get accurate numbers for what has been spent and will be spent eventually to rebuild the Gulf Coast, but as of an hour or so ago, the National Priorities Project estimated we’ve spent $456,278,478,000 in Iraq (it’s hard to get an accurate estimate because the […]
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