~ Archive for September 24, 2003 ~

Boston’s Great Flood and the new BMW

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philg - September 24, 2003 @ 1:49 am · Filed under From the Old Server

We had some heavy rain here in Boston yesterday, which always creates foot-deep lakes across Storrow and Memorial Drives (these follow the Charles River out from downtown Boston).  Alex and I got stuck in a bit of a traffic jam behind one of the lakes.  Thousands of Hyundais, Kias, Chevrolets, etc., had made it through the lake without incident.  However, a brand-new gleaming silver BMW sedan had expired on the other side of the lake and was blocking traffic.

Life, Death, and Baklava

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philg - September 24, 2003 @ 1:41 am · Filed under From the Old Server

An unusual NY Times article today:



“An Air Force translator at an American prison camp for captured militants and suspected terrorists at Guant

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