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I wear chains that excite the Feds

Melissa and Fraley had folks over on Friday to watch the Presidential debates for a bit. The magical scorecards from CNN entertained us for a bit, though I didn’t see the point of them. “Obama’s up 12 to 8,” Auston would say, tallying the four-faceted scorecards each panelist had. “12 of what to 8 of [...]

I am me, the universe and you

This media blow got rained on this weekend: In Bruges: A little too bleak to be really dark, a little too pat to be really funny. But still perfectly entertaining. All of us have spent some point in our lives holed up in some jerkwater town during shitty weather waiting to hear some bad news. [...]

when the law break in, how're you gonna go?

September 25, 2008: Lawmakers reach nearly reach deal on $700,000,000,000 bailout* By the time that bright, cold day in April rolled around, I’d been dealing for the monthly Mount Weather Blackjack Game for half a year. I’d been introduced to Mount Weather – the secret FEMA facility in which most of the Bush administration had [...]

you'll never guess the things that I do; I've had the devil 'round for tea

Those of you who either know my schedule or recognize the pattern of my updates might wonder why I haven’t told you what I did on Sunday yet. The answer: I’m waiting for video evidence. Two of my current steps in the hopeless battle against time: Haggling. If I want to step outside the usual [...]

diamonds from sierra leone

Dear Hollywood, Please get uncut diamonds right just once. I know you want to portray a secret world of rich people above the law, who use easily portable assets to hide their wealth. And, for some reason, negotiable bearer bonds aren’t as sexy as they once were. And that’s fine. But please, just once, I [...]

she never been to texas, never heard of king kong

On Friday Mariateresa, one of my dearest friends in the world, had a 5-hour stopover in Boston en route to Paris (her final stop being Trieste). I picked her up at Logan and drove her down to Faneuil Hall, where we had lunch at an outdoor cafe. “I haven’t had lobster in so long,” she [...]

information vegetable, animal and mineral

On Friday, I stopped myself as I emerged from the shower, mid-toweling, to wonder just what I was singing to myself. Then I realized: the Frogs’ chorus from Aristophanes The Frogs, set to the opening theme of HALO. Some days I wonder if I’m crazy enough to make it as a writer; Friday was not [...]

no man born with a living soul can work for the clampdown

I hope not to become one of those assholes who reads one book and then starts quoting it incessantly, insisting it totally transformed his life. But expect me to start dropping gems from Tim Ferriss’s The Four Hour Work Week more often. Ferris builds his book around one of those theses that’s so radical it [...]

I said he ain't here, but he sure went past

So, more than three months into the Davis Square experiment, how do I like living alone? I love it. I love living close enough to the train that I can take the T to work three days a week. And it gets me around on weekends, too. I love living within walking distance of most [...]

I'm all lost in the supermarket

You people show an inordinate interest in the food I eat, so here’s an update: Salad: I discovered the $3.50 bag of salad at Shaw’s and fell in love. $3.50 gets me at least three meals’ worth of salads, making it cheaper than any salad I could buy at a restaurant. And the bag begins [...]

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