Yesterday was the 70th anniversary of the Tornado of 1953 that hit Central Massachusetts. They were just given warnings of severe thunderstorms, not tornados. The tornado turned out to be a Category F-4, just below the worst (F-5). It killed 94 people amd wounded 1.288 and caused damage of $52.193 million in 1953 dollars, which equates to $590 ( Read more... )

40 years ago today, it was the Miracle on Ice ( Read more... )

In Central Massachusetts, the city of Worcester is saying goodbye to Lieutenant Jason Menard, a firefighter who saved other firefighters after they became trapped in a burning house, but he couldn't save himself ( Read more... )

MIT's annual prank ("hack") this year was putting Captain America's shield on the Great Dome during the movie's Opening Weekend. Chris Evans, a Massachusetts native, delightedly tweeted all about it. Anyway, here's the vid with the grand theme music! :)

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Happy Birthday to Tom Brady! He's 40 today, and that's ancient in sports years, but he looked pretty good to me when I was at training camp at Gillette Stadium. ;) The Patriots have baby goats at camp today for fans to take pictures with, because Tom is the G.O.A.T. (Greatest Of All Time). Tom had his picture taken holding a baby goat years ago for ( Read more... )

A Happy Fourth of July to my fellow Americans! Despite the circus in Washington, we're still here, and that counts for something!

Did the cook-out thing over the weekend (hot dogs, hamburgers, potato salad, the whole nine yards). I'm going to be spending the day quietly catching up on my reading, writing a little, and maybe working on my Due South ( Read more... )

Hope all who celebrate had a good Imbolc today ( Read more... )

Happy Canada Day to all our friends to the North! May it be a festive day ( Read more... )

Happy St. Patrick's Day, luvs ( Read more... )

Yesterday was a great day! Eleven years after Massachusetts legalized same-sex marriage, the entire United States of America now has marriage equality! Fifty years ago this would have been unthinkable. We've come a long way, baby! :)