February 2012
10 posts
The Dove eggs are here! the Dove eggs are here!
With apologies to Steve Martin and “The Jerk.”
Dove Eggs are kosher this year, although not kosher for Passover. Wonder why?
“Rick Santorum… Oh god please let him go the distance. Rick Santorum is amazing....”
– Rachel Maddow on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (via nerdysouth)
NOT FROM THE ONION: Arguably the strangest thing...
In an interview with Andrea Mitchell on MSNBC Thursday, billionaire Santorum backer Foster Friess said that debates over the candidate’s personal objections to contraception are overblown, adding that, in his day, “gals” used aspirin as birth control.
In a rather strange joke, Friess said: “This contraception thing, my gosh it’s so inexpensive. Back in my day they...
In Central Massachusetts, bargain hunters can find... →
ATHOL - How far have home values dropped in this Central Massachusetts town? The answer sounds like the punch line to a joke, but no one is laughing: They’ve eroded so much that you can buy a house for about the cost of a Toyota Camry.
Hundreds of students riot at UMass Amherst after... →
And, of course.
Saw this coming from a mile away... →
Susan G. Komen for the Cure said on Friday it was retreating from a decision to cut funding to Planned Parenthood after the move generated a public outcry.
“I’m not going to comb over that.”
– White House press secretary Jay Carney, when asked about Donald Trump’s endorsement. (via theatlantic)
January 2012
11 posts
“I predict to you there will be a major scandal associated with the Supreme Court...”
– John McCain Goes Off Message, Predicts ‘Major Scandal’ Related To Unlimited Political Giving (via brooklynmutt)
“The selection of a Republican candidate for the presidency of this globalized...”
– Fidel Castro Calls Republican Field a ‘Competition of Idiocy’ - NYTimes (via brooklynmutt)
Fall River dentist accused of using paper clips in... →
“‘I want to tell you that I’ve gotten to know Karen [Santorum] and she is just...”
– Evangelical leader James Dobson, Callista Gingrich was a ‘Mistress For Eight Years’ - HuffPo via Politico (via brooklynmutt)
Police: Mass. woman sells crack with kids in car →
Mother of the year award goes to…
Mitt Romney says ‘I like being able to fire... →
I’m far from a Mitt fan but the headline is deceptive. Way to go Boston Globe!
He was actually referring to the ability to fire an insurance company or other service provider who doesn’t keep customers happy.
That said, the line is going to make an awesome attack ad.
For some consumers, surveys breed feedback fatigue →
Hell, yeah, I’m fatigued.
At work I’m asked three or four times a day to take a survey. I’m at the point that I won’t take phone surveys simple because they take too much time and will only do web surveys if I get something in exchange like a gift card.
And we must live in some kind of demographic because we get called two or three times a week by public opinion...
What newsrooms can learn from Kodak →
Kodak at its peak looked like a photography company, but it was really a giant chemical manufacturing company. Digital tech rendered the entire chemical photography business irrelevant. By comparison, newspapers looked like news and information companies, but they were really expensive commercial advertisement printing and delivery systems.
December 2011
10 posts
“She [Michelle Obama] lectures us on eating right while she has a large posterior...”
– Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wisc.) - FishbowlDC
(via brooklynmutt)
So says the fat man
"In an email statement regarding the death of... →
gnomesweetgnome:
motherjones:
Your “Yes, really” of the day.
I don’t even…
NH lawmakers propose Mass. border signs →
Why don’t they put up an official border crossing complete with armed soldiers, barbed wire and a moat?
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Has anyone used this service?
Putting things in perspective
Her: Our problem is that we don't have a Christmas tree. Without a Christmas tree we have no place to store Hanukkah gifts.
Me: Yes, that's been the biggest problem of the Jews for 5700 years.
“Last week, virtually every Senate Republican voted against that tax cut. Now, I...”
– President Obama, in a statement today urging Republicans in Congress to extend the payroll tax cut (via barackobama)
“One time we were having sex, and I was looking up at the ceiling, thinking...”
– Ginger White on Her Herman Cain Affair - The Daily Beast (via brooklynmutt)
“What is THAT? Is that a POTTY?”
– Maddie, 4, seeing her first urinal. Along with seeing a horse in NYC (!), it was a very exciting day.
November 2011
10 posts
Woman in Wal-Mart pepper spray attack was... →
Another sign of the coming collapse of our society.
Kale Chips - Not so bad
I was skeptical but enjoyed it. I didn’t even have to use my line when I don’t like something, “I’m eating it.”
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/baked-kale-chips/
Sam yummed it down.
“They’re the same fucking bill. He [Romney] just can’t have his cake and eat it...”
– Jonathan Gruber, MIT economist, and crafter of RomneyCare. (via herblondness)
Maddie Wisdom
Maddie: "I don't like these meatballs."
Me, noticing that they are still in big pieces: "Hmm, do you want me to cut them up a little more?"
Maddie: "That won't make them yummy."
Filene’s Basement files for bankruptcy --- again →
So sad. I loved going to Filene’s Basement at Downtown Crossing in Boston with my grandfather for whom my son Sam is named.
Our contining saga...
In our continuing saga of “Banks Behaving Badly,” Bank of America announced that it wouldn’t charge $5 to use their debit cards after listening to their customers “very closely.”
One can only imagine what the fees would be if they ignored their customers.
...
October 2011
14 posts
Bertrand Russell’s “Liberal Decalogue”…
Bertrand Russell’s “Liberal Decalogue”…
The Ten Commandments that, as a teacher, I should wish to promulgate, might be set forth as follows:
Do not feel absolutely certain of anything.
Do not think it worth while to proceed by concealing evidence, for the evidence is sure to come to light.
Never try to discourage thinking for you are sure to succeed.
When you meet with opposition, even if it...
Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi is dead, rebels... →
Siri v. a Boston accent →
Basically what my father-in-law sounds like (and probably would react with the new iPhone).
