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Friday, June 27, 2003

TURKEY SPOTTED IN KENDALL SQUARE

For the uninitiated, Kendall Square is at the heart of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (otherwise known as M.I.T.) in urbane Cambridge MA. A wild turkey has showed up here, who city folk, starved for the sight of something with wings that isn't a pigeon or a sea gull, have flocked to. He's... Sign in to see full entry.

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STROM THURMOND DIES (Finally), There really is a God.

Two representatives of the old south (which often is also the new south) died this week. Old Strom, who I thought had actually died years ago (but the Republicans rammed a stick up his back and wheeled him out on the senate floor when ever they needed that extra vote) and that other great... Sign in to see full entry.

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LOVE THOSE CANADIANS

Not just because my daughter is married to one and they live in Montreal, but because within one week the Canadian government has taken two dramatic steps to recognize reality as America sinks further into delusion. First they have passed a law recognizing same sex marriage. It may have been a very... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, June 26, 2003

MEETING CASSIDY, Love at First Sight

RG said "No dogs, no kids". The kids part was a joke. We both had adult children and I was beyond the age of possibility in that arena. But I wanted a dog. I went through phases. There was the Dalmation phase. RG would humor me by taking photographs of every Dalmation on the street. We have a big... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, June 25, 2003

TRICKLEDOWN ECONOMICS

The graffiti is starting to overwhelm the walls of the underground passage I walk through everyday to catch the redline to Harvard Sq. The red brick sidewalk that buckled-up last winter is usually repaired by May 1st. Not so this year, it's so bad a woman in heels takes her life in her hands to walk... Sign in to see full entry.

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