Note to self: all music from the Democratic National Convention goes on the “Do not play list.”
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DNC playlist and wedding music
28-Jul-04The end of conventional wisdom
26-Jul-04David Weinberger asks:
Will we ever do this again? Is 2004 the last year we’re going to have national conventions like these?
If the cost of a convention in terms of fear, disruption, and lost
business remains as high as it was this year — and maybe this
year was
exceptionally paranoid and media-frenzied — then I think the Globe
letter [...]
Thanks to the out-of-state Dem’s, we now have legible, albeit temporary, T signage. Maybe too legible.
Now, what would it take to get some readable street signs, the Olympics? Hmmm… hey, Romney, get on it!
Hang a lantern aloft in the belfry arch
25-Jul-04Rachel and Maureen Shea of the Episcopal Public Policy Network in DC carry two lanterns up the aisle in Old North Church.
Today, Rachel lit one of the two lanterns that will shine in Old North Church
(best known for the midnight ride of Paul Revere) throughout the week in
honor of the DNC as well as the [...]
City of Cambridge DANCE PARTAY
24-Jul-04We came out of the Central T station and
BAMN, we walked smack into a block-long DANCE PARTY. Aw yeah,
it’s not just the WORLD’S FAIR, it’s a DNC KICKOFF. And looking at the
street tonight, you could see that there’s more to our city than
hippies and yuppies. Our town KICKS.Elders youngsters blacks whites
asians large small — [...]
What’s Opera, Downtown?
22-Jul-04The Opera House offers an open door
The
Boston Opera House re-opened its doors today, and natty yuppies
and families will be swarming these once-quiet streets around 7pm every night.
It’s
quite a change for the
neighborhood near my office, whether you call it the Theater District,
Downtown Crossing, the Ladder District, or even the Combat Zone.
(Currently, the streetlamp banners proclaim it [...]
Eat Pizza; help the homeless
21-Jul-04Eat at Pizzeria Uno’s between Thu July 22 and Sat 24, give them this coupon,
and 20% of your check will go to the St. James Summer Shelter in Porter
Square. St. James is run by students at Phillips Brooks House
Association and thus a sister shelter of sorts to UniLu, our designated wedding
charity, which is closed during [...]
It might be prettier,
and the gates are indeed wider and easier to maneuver your luggage
through, but boy, the fact that the new Airport stop on the Blue Line
is on ground level sure was an unpleasant surprise. Now when you’re heading inbound,
you have to go UP the escalaters, OVER the tracks, and back DOWN again.
OTOH, it’s [...]
PlanetTran after-action report
18-Jul-04After booking a reservation with PlanetTran via email, we were relieved
when the taxi did indeed show up a few strokes after 4:30 am on Friday
for our trip to Logan Airport (and from thence, to Chicago and then
Wisconsin). Our cabbie was none other than Seth Riney himself, the
founder of PlanetTran.
We had an interesting chat about PlanetTran’s [...]
Zippy socks it to Rose
14-Jul-04MP, I know you hate Zippy, but recently I’ve enjoyed several of his strips that lambast other, even more worthelss comics. For example, today’s reads:
50’s Beach Girl: Don’t let him misunderstand you, Zippy!
Zippy: Why you lowbrow, know-nothing, Repub-
50’s Beach Boy: Shut up! You’re just a babbling idiot!
Z: That’s it. I’m tired of being [...]