I recently received a letter from a local non-profit institution about their “2009 Annual Gala”. It reads, in part: This year, we will present the Adbook [sic] in an exciting new virtual (electronic) format. Rather than a printed book, the Adbook contents will be presented during the Gala both as a mural display and as… Read More »
Just sent this to CVS through their Web site: Getting you folks to shovel the sidewalk next to your parking lot along Foster Street is like pulling teeth every single winter. It shouldn’t be. The sidewalk doesn’t move, or change, or grow, or shrink from year to year. It’s going to be there every winter,… Read More »
About a year ago, my wife and I bought an expensive sleeper sofa from Jordan’s Furniture. Well, actually, our parents bought it for us. We paid a lot of money for it because we wanted the American Leather sleeper sofa, which has a rather unusual design. The mattress is actually several separate foam cushions mounted… Read More »
The astute nerd will note that when the traffic delay time shown above is converted into seconds, it comes out to 4,294,967,220, and when you cast the 32-bit signed integer value -1 to a 32-bit unsigned integer, it comes out to 4,294,967,295. The conclusion is left as an exercise to the reader.
I went for a walk downtown today to get a new battery for my wife’s watch, and I was pleasantly surprised to have positive experiences with four different businesses. So here’s a shout out to… Long’s Jewelry and Watch Store at 100 Summer Street (617-426-8500). I stopped here first. The woman who helped me was friendly,… Read More »
As of November 3, 2008 the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicle is reducing the hours at most RMV branches and no longer mailing courtesy notices for a number of things, including driver’s license renewal notices. This means, quite simply, that the RMV is no longer going to remind you when your driver’s license is about… Read More »
Several weeks ago, I contacted Joan Pasquale, the executive director of the Parents and Community Build Group (PCBG), to inquire about the possibility of volunteers for the Obama campaign running a voter registration table at the fair.
Sighted downtown today, a young couple holding hands, with “matching” T-shirts. Hers: “I always get what I want.” His: “It’s all about me.” This pair is surely destined for a long, happy life together.
Several years ago, a Target store opened near us in Watertown, Massachusetts. Having grown up in Minneapolis, I had fond memories of Target and hoped that this meant we would finally have a tolerable department store near us. To say that I’ve been disappointed by our local Target would be a monumental understatement.
As a followup to my previous blog entry about stupid, deceptive advertising from Verizon, I got this envelope in the mail from Verizon the other day: Apparently the brilliant marketing folks at Verizon figured, “Well, gee, orange didn’t work, so let’s try blue!” What a bunch of idiots.