Rachel & I completed the Mystic Places Marathon relay on Sunday, and… we came in second!
…out of the mixed open relay runners
…for teams of two
…out of two total teams in that category.
Actually, we probably should have registered as “Mixed Family,” but
whatever — the point is we finished in 3:46:34 and loved every minute
of it. In [...]
I guess the Massachusetts Senate can’t help but be giddy about it. They passed the
following resolution this morning by Sen. Jarrett Barrios (never a man to pass up a photo
op):
WHEREAS,
ON OCTOBER 27, 2004, THE BOSTON RED SOX, AGAINST ALL ODDS, WON THE WORLD SERIES
AFTER A RECORD-BREAKING 4 WINS IN A ROW AGAINST THEIR ARCH RIVALS, [...]
Rachel and I couldn’t help but head out this evening over to our local bar to cheer on the Sox as they swept
to victory. We hooked into the game in the top of the 8th (I’d come
home late after some Kerry phonebanking), and the standing-room crowd
was pulsating with excitement. The in-house DJ spun great tunes [...]
As many of you know, Gene and I began our life together as husband and
wife seven weeks ago at the University Lutheran Church here in
Massachusetts. We wanted you to know how much we appreciate the love
and support we received from all of our friends and family. We are
truly blessed.
As we begin planning our lives together, [...]
Red Sox win. Whoopie. Now if only the Astros would win tomorrow
night, the pundits can keep themselves fed for the week by comparing
the Sox to Kerry and the Astros to Bush. You know, because they haven’t
trivialized the election enough yet.
We got our photos back from Jonathan, and they’re great! I started scanning them, which really doesn’t do them justice, but nonetheless I’m uploading them here. I’ve gotten through about 1/3 of the black-and-whites and hope to finish those by… tomorrow?
Autumn’s a bad season for squirrels. Crisp, cool air seems to send
these tree rodents into suicidal traffic forages. I know I see
roadkill most months when I’m jogging along the Charles, but there’s a particular
urgency to squirrels’ mad dashes across the asphalt this time of
year. I suppose it’s their last opportunity to top out their tanks [...]
…over at xRoommates.
We watched the debates tonight over at my friend Baratunde’s.
Actually, ‘Tunde had Tivo’ed it, and considering the partisan crowd we
were in and our ability to pause, rewind, and dissect the debates on
the fly, I wasn’t able to get a sense of how the candidates did.
Personally I thought Kerry had a strong edge, but [...]
…At least that’s what you’d think if you believed the Globe’s coverage of the Pring-Wilson trial.
Journalists have inflated a simple comparison
of the backgrounds of the two combatants, Alexander Pring-Wilson
(a Harvard graduate student) and Michael Colono (a “townie”), into a claim that class tensions in our
neighborhood are just waiting to erupt:
The case has stoked class tensions [...]
Last week my friend Scott was hit by a cab in New York. Rachel’s
friend Ansu is in the hospital after being struck in Baltimore. And our
friend Tony’s father was killed crossing the street in London.
I hate the cultural assumption that cars are a perk, a right, of being American. They’re not. They are always harmful, [...]
