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[Acute Angler] Spy Pond, 8/17/09]
So, on Saturday afternoon, I took my daughter freshwater fishing for the first time. My friend Nils had recommended a little bait and tackle shop in Arlington, and in 20 minutes daughter and I were walking out of the store with a new rod, reel, tackle, and a bucket of live minnows for bait. We drove to Menotomy Rocks Park, where the pond is stocked ( Read more... ) -
[Learn-a-Beatles-Song-a-Day] "She Said She Said"
I'm currently on a Beatles kick, gobbling down a new Beatles song a day. My first choice is "She Said She Said" from Revolver. My source for chords, lyrics, and tablature is ultimate-guitar.com, a user-created site that exemplifies the free market of not-suckiness, in which bad content gets shot down and good content rewarded by a user rating ( Read more... ) -
My Valentine's Day Journal
For those of you who might be curious about what the labor and delivery experience was like for us, read on ( Read more... ) -
The Week with Four Sundays
It's Wednesday, and I'm enjoying my third consecutive snow day at home. We had about two feet of snow on Saturday and Sunday, and today, an additional 5-8 inches are falling. Although I work at an independent charter school, we can't operate if Cambridge public schools declare a snow day, because we rely on the public schools for crossing guards ( Read more... ) -
Purple Counties Majesty
As mentioned on NPR, here is a link to a map that shows the proportion of Bush to Kerry voters by county. Redder counties are Bushier, bluer ones are Kerry country. Most are a pleasant purple:
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(Untitled)
From Ron Suskind's incredible NYT feature article about Bush ( Read more... ) -
Master of Puppets
Still not sure if Bush was wired at the first debate?
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You know You're From...
This is wicked funny, Sully, now let's make a packie run for a six-a!
You Know You're From Massachusetts When...
The person driving in front of you is going 70 mph and you are cursing him for going too slow ( Read more... )
