A Chinese man and his Jewish friend are walking along one day when the Jewish man suddenly slugs the Chinese man in the mouth. “What was that for?” the Chinese man asks. “That was for Pearl Harbor!” “Pearl Harbor? That was the Japanese. I’m Chinese.” “Chinese, Japanese, what’s the difference?” They continue walking in silence, … Read more
I bought two items online on Black Friday. Both are about the same size and weight and both shipped from the same place. The one that shipped via UPS is out for delivery. The package shipped via FedExGround has an earliest arrival date of 7 Dec. How does FedExGround manage to be so consistently awful … Read more
Tonight we tried to go to dinner at Ken Oringer’s Coppa. We arrived at 6:00 (they open at 5:30) and were told we’d need to wait until 7:00. Fine. So we put our name on the list and went to grab a drink. When we came back at 6:50, they said they couldn’t possibly have … Read more
Not only is the “art” incredibly bad, the commentary is unintentionally hilarious. In true Tea Party form, he claims to be non-partisan. Well, except for hating Obama, liberals, and college professors. http://www.mcnaughtonart.com/
http://xkcd.com/802/
An excellent article on the Tea Party http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/17390/210904 A hall full of elderly white people in Medicare-paid scooters, railing against government spending and imagining themselves revolutionaries as they cheer on the vice-presidential puppet hand-picked by the GOP establishment. If there exists a better snapshot of everything the Tea Party represents, I can’t imagine it. which … Read more
The Somerville DIF seemed to have missed the point. You don’t make an area vibrant by taking locally owned business by eminent domain and replacing them with parking garages. From today’s Boston Globe Coming into Union Square down Prospect Street, you can’t miss Ricky’s Flower Market. Offering flowers and tomatoes all summer and Christmas trees … Read more
Courtesy the Boston Globe
Of course, part of the problem with redheads is that there aren’t enough of them. They make up just two percent of the population. So they’re pretty extraordinary. Redheads are too numerous to be ignored, too rare to be accepted. Grant McCracken, from “Big Hair“ With thanks to Kitty for finding the quote.