Locals! Anybody want to tell me how I should vote on Massachusetts Ballot Questions 1, 3, and 4? I'm entertaining arguments.

Right now, I'm inclined to yes on #1 ("Expanded Slot-Machine Gaming") because the arguments against it, as appear in the voter guide, seem to me to be especially stupid, but that doesn't mean that they're not actually more ( Read more... )

https://twitter.com/AP/status/625737573646880768
BREAKING: AP Source: US Olympic Committee ends effort to bring 2024 Olympics to Boston.
OH THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU

Headline at UHub: "Get out the butter: Boston Olympics are toast"

DANCING IN THE STREETS I TELL

[ETA 9/412 23:50: My recommendation stands ( Read more... )

...to buy shoes.

(Anybody know where they get their name? It is just a play on "pseudo" (their slogan is "Unreal Shoes" and they specialize in fake vegan leather)?)

Well, Cambridge, mostly, in the Greater Central Square area. Monday, August 7 through Saturday, August 13. From the website: The Boston Poetry Slam, in conjunction with Poetry Slam, Inc., is pleased to announce that the 2011 National Poetry Slam will be held in Cambridge and Boston. This event will invite over 400 poets to the city participate ( Read more... )

I don't suppose anybody in the Boston area reading this is feeling underemployed, and has access to a truck or a van, and would be up for helping me transport some furniture for modest renumeration, in the near future(**)? I'm trying to figure out how to do this(*) as cheaply as possible, and professionals start at $100, which would actually be ( Read more... )

Anybody in the Boston area about to discard an old but reasonably in good condition white board, in the 2'x3' size range? I could use one for work, and wouldn't mind being spared the $20 expense.

Here's advanced notice of some very interesting performances coming up in the 2010-2011 season.

1. About 2.5 years ago, I posted a video of a dance/acrobatics performance that was, " a breathtakingly virtuosic and beautiful interpretation of a radically fucked up dysfunctional relationship". Well, they're coming to Boston. Les 7 Doigts de la Main ( Read more... )

ZocDoc, "like OpenTable, for doctors". They aren't yet doing Boston or non-MD providers, but if successful, I presume that's just a matter of time. (Come on, guys, you have two years!)

It is shaping up that maybe I could use a ride from East Arlington to Brookline Village (Von Huene's, actually) for me and more stuff than I could take on the T, at 2pm (arrive at 3pm) next Tuesday, March 23. I'm waiting on hearing from other people I'm coordinating with, but this looks likely to happen. I don't need a ride back. My plan B is ( Read more... )