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Flower pics

Saturday, March 8, 2008

My wife and I, along with an old college friend and his wife, went to the Boston Flower Show today. This has become a yearly event for us, and each year I duly inflict some pictures on whoever might chance upon this blog. My excuse is that after surviving “such a beastly month as February” […]

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Greetings from the Imperial Capital

Sunday, March 2, 2008

Hello from Washington, where we are blissfully unaware of the latest news, as we have not been glued to our computers full time. Herewith some pictures. First, to get the governmental landmarks out of the way, here’s the White House, looking eminently approachable because stuck my camera lens through the fence. As you can see […]

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Sporadic blogging ahead

Thursday, February 28, 2008

We are taking some friends out for a 60th birthday tonight, and tomorrow we head off to Washington to see one of our offspring. The hotel has internet, so I’m going to try to post from there, but there won’t be much from here this weekend.

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Friday night music-A trip in the Wayback machine

Friday, February 22, 2008

Even before my time. Benny Goodman and Peggy Lee. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6XF4Yf6qNI[/youtube]

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Fewer good walks spoiled

Thursday, February 21, 2008

My father died when I was quite young, but not before he warned me off of two things: cigarettes and golf. I have followed his advice on both fronts, and firmly believe I’m a better man for it. Now, at least according to the New York Times, fewer people than ever are disregarding his advice. […]

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I’m going to be a pundit

Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Sheila Horvitz asked me to appear on Take Back the 2nd (which we have now taken back, but the name remains) on Thursday. So those of you who want to see me pontificate in the flesh, or at least in a pictorial representation of the flesh, can do so at 7:00 PM that night, provided […]

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What? Me a snob?

Sunday, February 17, 2008

I just spent some time doing my Charter Revision Commission homework, so I’m politicked out for now. I will turn then, to an earth shaking question, raised at The Unofficial Apple Weblog: Are Mac owners snobs? TUAW cites someone’s research to that effect, which research also notes that Mac owners are more likely: to be […]

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Filling your Ipod

Saturday, February 9, 2008

This software (TubeTV) is pretty cool, so I thought I would pass the word. It’s totally free. It will download and convert any youtube video (I think it works on other types of internet video too), convert it to Ipod format (some other formats as well) and put it in your Itunes Library. You have […]

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Across the Universe

Friday, February 1, 2008

Every once in a rare while, the government does something cool: NASA will send the Beatles song “Across the Universe” across the universe on Monday, the agency said. At precisely 7 p.m., E.S.T. the song will be beamed by the agency’s Deep Space Network of antennas at the North Star, Polaris, which is 431 light […]

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Happy belated birthday to this blog

Saturday, January 19, 2008

I have now been writing this blog a little over 3 years, having started on January 15, 2005. The idea at the time was that it would be an adjunct to a newly forming chapter of DFA. That never worked out, but I soldiered on, as it helped me work through the depression of the […]

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