Archive for December, 2003
the shortest day
I’m always a bit depressed by the winter solstice. The shortest day of the year. The least amount of sunshine. I prefer days where the sun shines well into evening. The depression hasn’t been so bad this time around. I haven’t had the time to be depressed. I’m surprised over a week has gone by [...]
the big dig out
Bad pun headline today, ripped directly off the front page of Boston Metro, but I’m feeling a bit under the weather and not terribly creative right now, so it’ll do. As you no doubt heard, New England got a winter appetizer this past weekend. Some folks are calling it Boston’s worst-ever December snow storm. I [...]
sympathy for the Trojans
It was a stupid system in 1994 when Penn State was undefeated and ranked #2 in the country and did not get a chance to play for the national championship in college football. It’s no better today, under the so-called "Bowl Coalition." What a fucking load of crap. The number one ranked team in the [...]
cucumber gin with my favorite leatherman
Last Friday night: After catching a matinee of Pieces of April — a wonderful film that picked up 3 Independent Spirit Award nominations this week, including nods for Best Screenplay and Best Supporting Actress (Patricia Clarkson) — with our friends Michael and Scot, we went out to a fashionable south end restaurant for dinner. We [...]
what I did on my summer vacation
The biggest reason for my summer (and most of fall) blog hiatus was our porch reconstruction project. Here are some photos. We learned quite a few things along the way:
No matter how daunting a task seems, you can do it yourself with common sense and a good grasp of basic skills. And tools. Lots and [...]