Monthly Archives: June 2008

New England’s power is (relatively) clean

I was bored and stumbling around the Interweb today, and came across a Slate article about the relative environmental friendliness of electric hand dryers vs. paper towels. That somehow led me to the Power Profiler, an online service of the Environmental Protection Agency. The site asks for your ZIP code, then spits out some charts [...]

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The Russian Futurists’ “Precious Metals”

I don’t subscribe to the general outlook of the song, but as with many other songs by The Russian Futurists, I just can’t keep myself from falling in love with music that’s this good. You said your life’s a house of cards And it teeters on the brink On the edges of window ledges Like [...]

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So, um, Boston pretty much rocks at everything

Congratulations to the Celtics on their 17th NBA title! Yet another win that proves just how much better than every other city Boston is. The AP ran an ecstatic post-game story: On a new parquet floor below aging championship banners, the Boston Celtics won their 17th NBA title and a first one—at last—for Paul Pierce, [...]

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Posted in Boston, Sports | 1 Comment

Ledger runs opinion piece, Justin cracks up

The Patriot Ledger ran an opinion piece by a Weymouth reader, Irving Murstein, in today’s issue. After the first few paragraphs, my mouth was wide open in disgust. After a few more paragraphs, I was cracking up. It’s past time for the president to come on TV in a living room chat about the energy [...]

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Posted in News, Politics | 3 Comments

w00t is being mentioned on CBC Radio 3

Tariq Hussain of CBC Radio 3 just mentioned me on the radio. Hawt! I made a comment on the CBC Radio 3 blog and asked for a request, and he not only granted it, but said it was going out to “jlaselva” in Boston, Massachusetts. Foreigners invading the airwaves of Canada! Tariq’s filling in for [...]

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The Great Outdoors’ “Spring Flower”

CBC Radio 3 has added this excellent song to its rotation. And I’m not going to lie: the first time I heard it, my eyes might have moistened a bit… You can listen to the song [MP3, 3.5 MB] via the band’s website, tgod.ca. I can’t find the lyrics anywhere on the Interweb, so I’ve [...]

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John McCain, and other tidbits

I need to wake up in 4.5 hours for work. I’ve been trying to take the T to work, but the garage at Braintree is always full and I have nowhere to park my car, so I just get on the highway and deal with traffic and construction and gas prices and greenhouse gas emissions. [...]

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Posted in Money, Politics, Summer, Weather, Work | 11 Comments

Look, ma, my very first traffic ticket!

I received my very first traffic ticket on Saturday morning, at Independence Square in Weymouth, which is the intersection of Route 18 with Pond and Pleasant Streets. I was on the way to work, running rather late, and getting pulled over did not make me any earlier. But, I was very calm and even traded [...]

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Posted in Travel | 2 Comments

Summer, in smaller chunks than desired

Summer proceeds, though in smaller chunks than desired. Working five days a week is a bummer, especially when those five days include Friday night, all day Saturday, and all day Sunday. Nevertheless, being trapped inside for five days of the week makes me appreciate all the more those few days off, and soon after waking [...]

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Posted in Dreams, Exercise, Family, Home, Movies, Outdoors, Personal, Sleep, Summer, Work | Tagged | Leave a comment

The House Affair communique

Chris is hosting a swanky “sexy pants” party on Thursday night, to which all guests are expected to wear creative and sexy pants; the judged winner in each class (male and female) will get gold-sprayed pairs of what look like shorts for a midget. Needless to say, I am quite excited, and am on the [...]

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Posted in Friends, Parties, Sex | 4 Comments