The backyard fence on our left-side property lin has been collapsing, bit by bit, for 5 years. It's unclear whether this is our neighbor's responsibility or ours (most likely his, but it doesn't really matter). I've been avoiding doing anything about it (aside from occasionally disassembling and trashing a fallen section).

There's an amazing fence- ( Read more... )

The lifeguards at the wading pool did have a broom, although the sand on the bike/walking path was deep enough it might better have been done with a shovel. 15 minutes of serious sweeping got most of it off the path, though ( Read more... )

Between the Science Museum and the Hatch Shell they've been working since last fall on a slowly-proceeding baseball field project (a seemingly horrendous waste of time and money). The construction has closed the river-side mixed-use path for over 6 months. It has also blown a pile of sand onto the Storrow-drive side path, which has been a hazard to ( Read more... )

I just finished Cory Doctorow's latest, Someone comes to town, someone leaves town.  I was wowed by Cory's reading of his short story about on-line game economies affecting the real economy - and the social implications thereof (sorry, I can't remember the name). Since then I've wanted to be wowed by his novels, but I didn't think either Down & Out ( Read more... )

The first chorbly poll results are in & here's what we got ( Read more... )

How's about starting with a low tech poll ( Read more... )

Let's see how this works...

So I've been suckered into LJ.