The Boston Globe has an article on Boston bicycle crash data.

http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2013/05/14/with-crash-data-boston-tries-make-bicycling-safer/41aQVONIQd8eiiZr2HxaBO/story.html

In the wake of the stormy hysteria it has become apparent that at the very least I need a phone that does text messaging more handily than the current LG, a phone so plain and old-fashioned that even the workmates who barely notice me are aware that I have an hilarious antique phone ( Read more... )

I know I don't get out much, but when did a Michaels craft and tchotchke shoppe open in Porter Square? Is it in the ex-Pizzeria Uno? Is it in the ex-Pier One?

I ordered these cards in August -- the note from the sender is dated August 18. They arrived yesterday. Everything I get that's made in the 18th-century style ends up arriving as if it had traveled in the 18th-century style, too. So these were probably delayed for lacking the proper tax stamp, or by the circuitous routes of smuggling. But they are ( Read more... )

PSA: Wish I had known this when I was 10. When picking cockleburrs out of the fur of a fluffy dog, turns out if you can cut the burr open, the little pieces are way easier to remove than the whole unitary sphere. Slice it with the blade of a scissor and it practically disintegrates, and can be removed with a fairly normal slicker brush. And the ( Read more... )

'Tis better to watch a single episode of 30 Rock on Netflix than to curse the domestic ban on sitcoms.

Or at least its near-apotheosis.
(starts at about 02:29)
King Abdullah II of Jordan, on the Daily Show, speaking on the anti-Islamic video, "Innocence of Muslims".

"I am a direct descendent of the Prophet, so obviously I'm terribly insulted by the video and I refuse to watch it, because obviously the whole point of the video was to create this ( Read more... )

Happy New Year, everybody.

Hmm. Bova's vanilla pizzelles taste like bacon. It's possible they are made with lard.

Angela Cartwright as an adult! She looks great!