Hi everyone! Sorry I've totally fallen off the face of the earth, but school, travel, and work sort of ate my life. Anyhoo, Dana and I are back in Boston for a few short days and we were wondering if anyone would like to join us for dinner tomorrow (Saturday) night. We've made a reservation at Fire and Ice in Harvard Square for 8:30 tomorrow. We ( Read more... )

And this, people, is why you should always break down your cardboard boxes before you leave them out for recycling.

That said, I feel like they should knock some time off the dude's sentence just for the sheer simple ingenuity of his escape.

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I make a motion to revive pseudoboy's MLB playoff look-alike contest from last year.

I make a further motion to cast William Shatner in the role of Joe Maddon.

so... does anybody see themselves spending a lot of time at Diesel in the near future? I bought a monthly internet subscription when the internet went kaput in my apartment and then, like the smart fellow I am, forgot to cancel said subscription ( Read more... )

So I know this is super last minute, but Dana and I were wondering if anyone would be interested in little barbecue potluck at our place before heading over to ArtBeat for some music and such on Friday night. 7ish perhaps ( Read more... )

In 2005 it was "Truthiness"
In 2007 it was "Subprime"

And now the Dig has got me thinking, will "Staycation" be The American Dialect Society's word of the year for 2008? It seems to have all the makings of it. A clever catchy portmanteau that captures the way that Americans have defined their lives around gas prices this year ( Read more... )

So after 8 consecutive weekends of road trips, I'm pretty determined to not go anywhere this weekend. Dana and I were thinking of celebrating the 4th by setting up shop down by the river, maybe bringing the trusty mini grill along (do they let you brandish open flame on the Esplanade?). Anybody else in town this weekend? Feel like joining us as ( Read more... )

wow. That half of a summer in New York went by remarkably fast ( Read more... )

For much of my life, I grew up reading the weekly police blotter in the Amherst Bulletin. There is something oddly poetic in the way they sum up everyday situations in ways that make them infinitely more intriguing and puzzling than the events themselves. for example:

* 6:22 p.m. - Youths playing a game with what was described as a ball of fire ( Read more... )