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2009
The Boston Globe ran an AP story in today's paper about why we want a white Christmas. Bing Crosby, who firmly implanted the wish and the jingle in our heads, came from Spokane where there's a 70% chance of having snow on the ground on December 25th. Turns out in Boston there's only a 23% c...
11/29/2009
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This beautiful tree is in my neighbor's yard. Unfortunately the last leaf collection is tomorrow morning. I snapped this in the middle of my marathon raking session this afternoon. Tomorrow morning I'm going to bandage up my blisters and head out early to see how much more I can get bagged ...
11/18/2009
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I went to a great CE class this morning on Smart Growth. The fast paced class, newly offered in our state, went through about twenty ways in which towns and cities in Massachusetts are being encouraged to build in ways that reduces sprawl, encourages walkability, and conserves open land. They we...
11/17/2009
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I've been obsessed with search engine optimization for months. This rap song is music to my ears. It's actually full of excellent advice - and very catchy to boot. It's "Page Rank" by SEO Rapper m0serious. If you click over to youtube and click on "more info" under his name you can read all the...
11/06/2009
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After months of mulling and limping along with my old phone I've finally made a decision. As much as the name gives me the willies, I'm going with the Droid. Verizon started selling the phone today and this morning was the first time you had the opportunity to buy a phone - there weren't any adv...
11/06/2009
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Today was Election Day. Around here it was a low key election - just city council and school committee positions being filled. The big story was Boston Mayor Menino's reelection to an unprecedented fifth term. My polling place holds a bake sale to raise money for the kids in the school that ho...
11/03/2009