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Some time ago I published a brief post musing on the ‘Syrian’ neighborhood in Quincy. Today I came across this photo, with the following caption: In center of the picture is Phoebe Thomas, an 8-year-old Syrian girl, running home from the factory all alone, her hand and arm bathed with blood, crying at the top [...] When you don’t read Irish Sports Page the obituaries you miss gems like this one: Maurice Flitcroft, who died on March 24 aged 77, was a chain-smoking shipyard crane- operator from Barrow-in-Furness whose persistent attempts to gatecrash the British Open golf championship produced a sense of humour failure among members of the golfing establishment.” Go [...] Since I am feeling nostalgic and contradictory today, the following is a list of Disney movie titles that I recall without being sure I ever actually saw, while feeling great sadness that ‘they don’t make movies like this anymore.’ With annotations. Hot Lead & Cold Feet – Did this have Don Knotts in it? ‘Cause [...] Kurt Vonnegut has passed away. I have never been a huge (or a little for that matter) fan of his works. I do, however, remember reading his short story Harrison Bergeron. It made quite an impression on me as a child in school, even though I didn’t realize at the time that I was reading [...] This is awesome: Google Maps has a new feature that allows you to create and share annotated maps – just select the ‘My Maps’ tab to get started. Monster Sightings is pretty funny, and America’s Highway: Oral Histories of Route 66 is just flat out awesome. Obviously there’s a lot of things you can do [...] This lunch jar is awesome. Don’t you want one? I sure as hell do.It’s practical and boss lookin’. Nor would it make the bearer look as pretentious as those too-cool-for-school hipsters who carry lunch boxes to be all ironical and stuff. Incidentally, the prize for most ironical was claimed by the young lady that the [...] At long last, the mystery has been solved. It’s Opening Day. The Tizzle has just knocked in the first RBI for the 2007 season. I feel better already. UPDATE: Not that much better. Schilling just walked in a run… UPDATE UPDATE: .. followed shortly thereafter by a leadoff triple. The Sox have yet to finish two innings of baseball this year and already [...] When I stopped by Sheila’s early this morning I learned that April was National Poetry Month. So it seems only appropriate to mark the occasion with a brief inquiry into the mystery surrounding Irene Rutherford McLeod. [...] Around here Patriot’s Day is as much known for the Boston Marathon and an early start (10:00 AM this year I believe) for the Sox as it is for the battles of Lexington and Concord. Frankly, I’ve been as guilty of the above as anyone else, but this year I plan to change that by [...] |
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