Daily Archives: October 9, 2003

Boston Defies Double Curse

Oh NO!!! I just fetched the mail and see that Petey is on the cover of this week’s Sports Illustrated. Now we have to deal with the SI Cover Curse on top of the Curse of the Bambino! The last … Continue reading

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Mac Ax of Choice Among Bloggers

As this snapshot from Day 1 of BloggerCon clearly shows, the glowing white Apple is the Ax of Choice for the elite Blogger.  Dave is trying to convince us that Bloggers take a vow of poverty, but for a bunch … Continue reading

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The Check is in the E-mail

Back in last millenium, before the rampant post-9/11 Federal paranoia, I would take my Business students on the tour of Boston’s Federal Reserve Bank each fall. They were always impressed by the fact that the building itself (across from South … Continue reading

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Heroin influx spurs N.E. drug epidemic

Heroin dealers who target children as young as 12 with free samples and drug packets decorated with cartoon characters have spawned an epidemic of illicit heroin use in Massachusetts and New England, which now has the highest rate of illegal … Continue reading

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More Proof God is Playing With Us

LONDON – Scientists say the universe could be spherical and patched together like a soccer ball — and it may not be infinite. Jeffrey Weeks, a MacArthur Fellow based in Canton, New York, and researchers from the University of Paris … Continue reading

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