I've heard of turkeys in Winchester & some occasional sitings in Cambridge. I was surprised to find one eying out tomato plants in Medford, though. She seemed largely unperturbed by the decidely non-rural setting.


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As introduced by ams16 & commented on by fairdice, Chain Factor is an addictive little web game @ http://chainfactor.com/index.php.

Bizarrely, I've had the high score in the basic game for over a day. This is possibly 1) further proof that something is terribly wrong in the world, or 2 ( Read more... )

Normally I find the flavortext on Cute Overload too twee & annoying. But this morning's was LOL funny, especially since the Shedd Aquarium was one of my favorite special places to visit growing up ( Read more... )

NPR's "Wait, wait, don't tell me" is sponsored in part by Grey Goo...
...se vodka.

What American accent do you have?
Created by Xavier on Memegen.net


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Browsing Mediumlarge I noticed this "ads by google" ad, expertly placed & worded for greatest impact...

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This morning I was impressed that the February link pass I put on my "Charlie" card worked. It didn't even seem to erase the ~$8 of non-monthly pass value I had stored on it (although I'm not quite sure how I'd be sure of this ( Read more... )

Does good Greek take out/catering exist in the Somerville/Medford area? Does anyone have experience with the Greek Corner Restaurant on Mass Ave in Cambridge?

Through no fault of my own, Palindrome, AKA Dr. Awkward, was this year's MIT Mystery Hunt winners. The coin was found around 2 AM Sunday morning ( Read more... )

"Simple" projects always take far longer than expected... but after several weekends hunting for materials, cutting them to size with power tools, digging holes, & yanking wisteria vines from trees, the fence project has been declared done. Many thanks to Hauntmeister for his Skilsaw & Ruthling for heavy lifting & longsuffering tolerance ( Read more... )