OK, not so mindless but I think this is a piece of good news for those of you who like to vacation on the Cape: Sagamore Bridge repairs complete!

And for those of you who used to be on Facebook, you're missing out on this new "like" group...

I hate it when I'm making a milkshake and boys just show up in my yard

I haven't posted much here but I try to keep a presence commenting on everybody else. There hasn't been much to tell. Except for one thing... but I'm not sure how to phrase it so I'll keep it under wraps at the moment.

In the meantime, here's a video of the "Winner of the Best Visual Illusion of the Year."

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I went into town this past Thursday to meet up with eric_mathgeek and mark_shutterbug to see the play "The Adding Machine." I think they were both surprised I was interested as they've never known me to see a play before. Back when I lived in the Berkshires, I went to quite a few plays. Mostly because my best friend out there was a budding actor so I'd see whatever he was ( Read more... )

I alluded to this little ditty on Facebook so if you've read those status updates, here's the story behind ( Read more... )

Are there any Internet fads you're a fan of?

First of all, one should never end a sentence with a preposition. That's my Preposition Proposition!

Yep. It's Fred!

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With Fred, either you like him or you just want to rip him to shreds. Not that anybody's mentioned that. Or anything ( Read more... )

What is your favorite dessert?

OK, we'll start with an easy one. Boston Creme Pie makes me go SQUEE whenever I can have it. It's usually my #1 flavor of donut at Dunkin' Donuts. Oh damn, now I think I'll have to have one...

I live a block away from the Mass Pike which means there's a lot of bridges in this area that span the highway. One of these bridges is most convenient to me and it's on Harvard Street just around the corner from me ( Read more... )

There's two big events that take place during MLK Weekend. The one that most people know of is MAL. The other is Arisia. Arisia is a sci-fi convention in Cambridge (but in Boston next year). It's not your typical convention because it's not geared towards mass media science fiction but more towards literary fiction ( Read more... )

Normally I charge my phone overnight when the battery bars drop at or below half. But Thursday night it registered at three so I just shut the phone off and let it go. Come next day, from surfing Facebook and playing Bookworm, I got the Low Batter warning. So I shut it off for the rest of the day ( Read more... )

I didn't make this up but I agree with many of its points:

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