Do you have few feelings for the French?  Do you feel like you have an overabundance of money?  Do you enjoy long lines?  Do you think all tourist destinations should only have one entrance?  Then Paris is the city for you.  If you actually want to see the beauty of France, I imagine Marseilles, Avignon, Cannes or Nice would do quite nicely, and ( Read more... )

We were at Charlie's Kitchen a few hours ago when news finally came in that the last known living suspect had been apprehended.  I was happily, tipsily drunk since the lockdown had lifted and cheerily read the closed captioning from far, far away from the TV.  As soon as everyone there knew, there was a collective cheer and a bunch of applause ( Read more... )

So, there was a shootout and an MIT Campus Police officer was shot and killed last night.  Two perpetrators were chased to Watertown:  one died and the other remains at large.  These are the people who are suspected of bombing the Boston Marathon.  We're currently on lockdown.  Our public transit service is suspended and all public events and areas ( Read more... )

I refuse to have a single dirty dish at the beginning of 2013.  I am getting down with my dirty dishes, thinking about New Year's wishes.  Sadly, the wife is ill so all parties are now no longer a go for me.  If she's ill, then I am probably also ill and carrying flu to a party is uncool ( Read more... )