Monthly Archives: February 2009

Cambridge Kid Not So Hot for Valentine’s Day

So I’m walking through Harvard Square this morning and these two 15-year old guys run by, backpacks in tow, grousing about how awful and oppressively sad life is. Obvs. One of them wails, “I’m so distraught!” About what, you might … Continue reading

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New Majority Leader Could Really Hurt You

Here’s one point that hasn’t surfaced yet in the postmortems on new Speaker Bob DeLeo’s new leadership team. James Vallee, whose ascension to Majority Leader sends John Rogers to the back benches, wasn’t just one of DeLeo’s top leg-breakers during … Continue reading

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The Pride of Somerville

Capuano to some rich guys: You’re worse than a smack-filled Winter Hill bank robber.

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Black and Hoppy

There’s no sign of it on BA.com yet, but if you need a pregame brew this week, Beer Works Canal Street is your man. They’ve got this monster they call an India Pale Porter on tap. Pours almost black, with … Continue reading

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Obama Can’t Get This McDonald’s Employee, Who is an Aspiring DJ, a Raise

Dude doesn’t seem to mind though. He’s got enthusiasm and energy and a pathway to dreams or something. [via HuffPo, and, really, the rest of the entire internet]

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Herald Gets Results

This morning, the Herald took a flamethrower to Sam Yoon’s legislative record on the City Council. This afternoon, at 3, I get an email from Sam Yoon’s campaign letting me know about all the important legislative stuff he’s up to. … Continue reading

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More Vandalism Wracks Boston!

The past two days have brought forth hyperventilating denunciations of Shepard Fairey, who is single-handedly destroying all that is good and right and beautiful in Boston – a city that never had anything wrong with it, until he and his … Continue reading

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File Under: Dumb

Today’s Inside Track features an exit interview with former Channel 7 anchor Randy Price, in which Price blasts his former employers for drooling all over the local news. You didn’t misread that. The Track – a column that trades largely … Continue reading

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Hope is Alive

Who needs Barack Obama? We’ve got cut-rate VCR’s and slightly-used jewelry. Spotted Friday afternoon, in the South End: The hope-iest pawn shop window in Boston. Freedom, hope and courage, meet usury.

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New Walkmen

And you can watch it RIGHT HERE. How convenient for you.

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