The fruit-picking mission got an extra kick by the fact that my iPhone's GPS + Google-mappiness proved quite useful in getting us there. At one point Nate-the-driver wasn't sure where we were, so I launched the phone's Maps and asked it to draw a line between our destination and wherever the heck we were. (I was able to specify our destination by ( Read more... )

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Before I did so, I called my parents to get their neutral-party take on Question 1 - they split on it. I actually ended up voting differently than I thought I would when I woke up this morning. I think I'd be satisfied with either outcome, for different reasons. (Q1 is basically: should supermarket chains be able to easily sell booze wine in MA? ( Read more... )

My parents finally picked up a Globe to check real estate prices 'round here. They didn't believe the numbers I have recited to them, until now. But then this led into another long lecture (in the academic sense) about home-buying strategies, so I know it didn't really discourage them from their dream of seeing their youngest become a homeowner; ( Read more... )