short, touching article about a Vietnam Vet helicopter pilot called to serve in Iraq


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job requirement: "Demonstrated good English oral and written communication skills." does this just sound bad or is there actually something grammatically wrong here?

well, i guess it was 8 months ago already, but there are pics of the new Harvard University Library building that I work in, taken by the interior architect. i LOVE working in this building, which has been called the Greenest building on campus. (the first four pics are the conservation lab on the fourth floor, which unfortunately i am not privy to

your office is having a pot luck. you are lame and did not bring anything. do you eat anyway?

yesterday when i rode to work it was 49 degrees. today... 21 degrees!! and when those wind gusts started kicking in along the river i had flashbacks to November marching band practices in Michigan (except for the river part).

Tonight! ALL SKATE at Chez Vous in Dorchester. A benefit to help Boston's only roller rink from closing down forever. "Noted italo-disco scholar Joseph Colbourne will be working the wheels of steel as you roll and bounce, along with San Serac spinning electro funk and house, Mark E. Moon and Brendan Wesley spinning classic roller boogie."

yesterday was the first sub-freezing cycling day of the season and i'm happy to say my new jacket and gloves worked like champs! i definitely need some non-cotton base layers though. i was hoping to avoid that investment but heavy wet cotton against my skin isn't going to cut it.

there's a bunch of stalwart young gentlemen in nothing but speedos and santa hats on the corner of Mt. Auburn and Holyoke offering free car washes

what a bunch of terds


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i just overhead one of my coworkers say that she doesn't like to shut off her computer when she leaves at night because she figures given what they're paying her the amount of time she wastes waiting for her PC to boot isn't outweighed by the energy savings of turning off the computer. so much for eco-friendliness. unless someone has stats showing ( Read more... )