Archive for April, 2007
Thursday, April 26th, 2007
Cruel & Gentle Things
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 […]
No Comments » - Posted in Vanished Boston by The Silver Fox
Saturday, April 14th, 2007
He’s the Great Imposter
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 and read […]
No Comments » - Posted in Slithytoves by The Silver Fox
Friday, April 13th, 2007
Darker With The Day
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 it […]
12 Comments » - Posted in The Life and Times of the Broadcast Kid, Movies by The Silver Fox
Thursday, April 12th, 2007
Beautiful (I Guess)
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 […]
2 Comments » - Posted in Books by The Silver Fox
Thursday, April 5th, 2007
Road Bin
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 […]
7 Comments » - Posted in Technology by The Silver Fox
Wednesday, April 4th, 2007
And Still
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 […]
1 Comment » - Posted in Slithytoves by The Silver Fox
Wednesday, April 4th, 2007
Come In Stranger
At long last, the mystery has been solved.
2 Comments » - Posted in Slithytoves by The Silver Fox
Monday, April 2nd, 2007
A Legend in My Time
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 my choler is rising. […]
3 Comments » - Posted in Baseball by The Silver Fox
Monday, April 2nd, 2007
Don’t Know Yet
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.
First, her writing. This poem has been anthologized many times so it may be familiar to some […]
No Comments » - Posted in Slithytoves by The Silver Fox
Monday, April 2nd, 2007
Big Iron
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 attending […]
