Friday, September 12, 2003WHEN TV WAS REALLY INTERACTIVEI can't turn on our TV. We have two remotes, a black box, a new flat screen, VCR, built in DVD player and a gazzillion channels with premium cable. I always forget which buttons to push in which order. I try. You have to aim one of the remotes at this black box thingy first, but I screw it up and... Sign in to see full entry.posted by Cynthia at 2:16 PM Comments (6) (link) Thursday, September 11, 2003WAKING UPThis morning I opened my eyes and just laid there. The low drone of a plane gradually got louder. I tried to calculate how big and how high it was. Is it going faster than normal? Was it on a usual trajectory landing or taking off from Logan airport? We live in the city, not too far from the... Sign in to see full entry.posted by Cynthia at 4:22 PM Comments (3) (link) Tuesday, September 9, 2003FEAR, PARANOIA, SECRECYJohn Ashcroft was in town today. It was not a widely publicized event. I knew about it a few days in advance because I'm plugged in to the MOVE ON network. He was going to be down at Faneuil Hall to meet behind closed doors with local Boston law enforcement officials to inform them of their... Sign in to see full entry.posted by Cynthia at 11:56 AM Comments (12) (link) Monday, September 8, 2003ME, PETE AND STEVE MCQUEEN (Thanks to Wonky For the Concept)It was Boston, 1968 and producer/director Norman Jewison was in town with his film crew to shoot THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR. Back then Boston and it's city across the Charles River, Cambridge, was very welcoming to Hollywood. (We've recently taken a bad rap from mafia-like unions that have been shaking... Sign in to see full entry.posted by Cynthia at 2:58 PM Comments (9) (link) Sunday, September 7, 2003SINK YOUR TEETH INTO THIS, some say love bites but...Adia, my 18 month old grandaughter got kicked out of her play group for biting. She started doing this with her parents. I think she was confused about how to use her mouth for a kiss, plus she was beginning to discover her power as an independent creature in the world and she saw this activity on... Sign in to see full entry.posted by Cynthia at 9:46 AM Comments (13) (link) |
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