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Entries from April 30th, 2008
The Paul Pierce Gang, Revealed
April 30th, 2008 · No Comments · Media
The internet is buckling under the weight of Paul Pierce’s alleged gang sign-throwing the other night, with old people across the nation worrying about the menace that is the human hand. (Right now, Pierce’s fingers are second only to video gamers on the list of things ruining America.)
The Herald quotes a preacher who worries that [...]
Tags:Demagoguery·Gangs
Powah
April 29th, 2008 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Wondering what to do with all that free money the government is tossing at you? Keep your coinage away from Sears (no, seriously, stay the f away from that place). Instead, stimulate the economy of your nearest newsstand and grab yourself a copy of the newest Boston magazine.
It features a wicked comprehensive look at how [...]
Hey There? Not Yet
April 26th, 2008 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Whatup everybody. Glad you’re here. Thing is, I’m not ready for you yet. Almost. Have some patience. We’ll get there. Eventually. Until that happens, though, my WordPress.com incarnation remains your best hope of basking in hottt new journalism and all other things Paul.
Tags:Housekeeping
April Housekeeping Notes
April 21st, 2008 · No Comments · Uncategorized
A few changes of note around the old Rancho de TK TK. First off, this blog’s face has undergone minor reconstructive surgery, and unlike some people, I think we came out the other side looking better.
I’ve dumped Chris Pearson’s PressRow for his Cutline theme, and am really happy with the results. I think the new [...]
The Hill and the Hall Week in Review
April 18th, 2008 · No Comments · Politics
(Cross-posted from the mighty mighty Boston Daily)
It’s budget season on Beacon Hill again. And it’s apt that it should coincide, roughly, with the run-up to area colleges’ final exams. After a semester of lying around and drinking, the legislature now has to pull a week of harried all-nighters before it can knock off work for [...]
Tags:Boston Magazine·Brad Jones·Casinos·Deval Patrick·Legislature·Sal DiMasi
More Bad News for the Globe
April 18th, 2008 · No Comments · Media
But, really, is there any other kind of news floating out of Morrissey Boulevard these days? The headlines coming out of the New York Times Company’s first quarter earnings call have focused on the company’s surprising $335,000 loss, but the figures detailed in the call seem to be especially grim for the Globe.
Ad revenue at [...]
Tags:Boston Globe
Throw the Bums in Jail!
April 18th, 2008 · No Comments · Politics
Or, barring that, at least have the bums pay for shenanigans out of their own pockets. We’re inching closer to the latter, as the legislature advanced a bill yesterday that would make politicians and other public board members personally culpable for violations of the state’s Open Meeting Law. As things stand now, pols break the [...]
Tags:Legislature
Shorter, But Not Much Better…
April 17th, 2008 · No Comments · Politics
Deval Patrick’s second Times appearance in a month is shorter than his first (an A1 job in which the nation’s paper of record wondered how the F things on Beacon Hill could’ve gone so bad so quickly, and in which the governor allowed himself to be quoted as labeling Sal DiMasi as “part of what [...]
The Hill and the Hall Week in Review
April 14th, 2008 · No Comments · Uncategorized
(Cross-posted, belatedly, from Boston Daily)
Let’s start by picking on Hizzoner. Nothing gets the natives riled up like parking tickets, so Mayor Tom Menino’s $2.42 billion FY09 budget, which includes $13 million in new parking fines, is sure to be the only thing anybody in Boston ever talks about for the rest of time. Let the [...]
Tags:Boston City Council·Boston Magazine·Idle Speculation·Mayor Menino
