Celtics Win, Despite Horrendous Officiating

‘Beat L.A., Beat L.A.!’ Celtics vs. Lakers in the NBA finals, it’s the match-up we’ve all been hoping for! These truly are the golden days in our region.
And yet, I still feel compelled to point out what was obvious to anyone who has been watching the NBA recently – the NBA has a major credibility problem with [...]

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Auntie Buzz (Heart) Baby Buzz

I’ve been an aunt for about a day now and my niece has to be the cutest baby ever…and I’m not just saying that because I’m her Auntie. I can’t tell you how excited I am to see her grow up. I’m always one to look towards the future. Then again, she is only about 36 [...]

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Massachusetts Clean Energy – Assorted Links

Here’s a sampling of links about recent happenings with clean energy in Massachusetts – there is a LOT going on. Clicking any link will open a new window so you won’t lose your place.

Fenway Park unveils solar panels on roof - The green at Fenway Park will no longer be limited to the grass, historic rafters, [...]

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Nintendo Wii – Cha Ching! (Fit Launches, Calls UK Girl Fat?)

For anyone even slightly connected to current events or pop culture, you’ve heard of the “Wii.” A video game console controlled by a wireless remote, the Nintendo Wii is a video game marvel recently outselling all other non-portable consoles including Microsoft’s Xbox 360, Sony PlayStation 2 and PlayStation 3. According to NPD, Nintendo has sold 714.2 [...]

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Memorial Day – It’s About Honor & Respect

It’s about honor and respect for fallen veterans – and nowhere is that most appropriate kind of honor and respect better demonstrated than at the Tomb of the Unknowns in Arlington National Cemetery.
The Tomb of the Unknowns, which is a monument dedicated to American servicemen who have died without their remains being identified, has been [...]

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Buzz Wins Kickball; David Archuleta Loses Idol

 
Last night was bitter sweet. The sweet – our kickball team walked away with a win (I knew all we needed was our official t-shirts – see previous post) followed by some celebration drinks, flip cup, and karaoke at the bar Samba in Somerville.
The bitter – while we were consumed in kickball victory bliss, David Archuleta was [...]

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Kickin’ It Old School – Buzz Goes ‘Balls Deep’

We joined a kickball league! The “Massachusetts Minutemen” division of the World Adult Kickball Association, to be exact. A couple of our friends recruited us for the team, which happens to go by the name of “Balls Deep” (don’t even ask – I had nothing to do with it!).
We had our first game last week [...]

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Cartoon of the Day – Gamer’s Hell

Thanks Kotaku!

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Energy Efficiency: Low Hanging Fruit, Ripe for the Picking

…crude oil $125 per barrel, climate change, energy independence, insufficient electricity infrastructure, volatile prices, and the list goes on…
Energy efficiency is probably the most successful but least appreciated strategy for dealing with the significant energy challenges we face in blazing our country’s path to prosperity during the 21st century.
For example, U.S. energy consumption at the end of [...]

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Webby Awards – Buzz’ Best Bets

Last week the winners of the 12th Annual Webby Awards were announced. The Webby Awards pick the best of the best on the Internet in over 100 categories. Most entries fall into four main buckets -”Websites,” “Interactive Advertising,” “Online Film and Video,” or ”Mobile.” Some of the sites are quite entertaining! So you didn’t have to, I dug through them all and here are [...]

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The Making of a Firefighter

Firefighters are a breed unto themselves, doing a job most of us won’t or can’t do, yet we can’t live without.
In Arlington and Winchester, MA, a news photographer got an in-the-helmet view of the rigors of firefighter training. It’s about as close as you can come without having to endure it yourself. Click image to [...]

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Beer Makers Tanked?

Materials costs are affecting all the beer makers, says Jim Koch, the founder of and brewmaster at Boston-based Samuel Adams. Watch the video.
It brings a tear to your eye, but there is always hope at the end of a rainbow.

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Recession Odds

Following up on a previous post, based on futures trading at Intrade.com, the chances of a U.S. recession in 2008 have fallen from over 70% to under 30% in less than a month.

Related note: An article from BusinessWeek points out that men seem to be getting hit harder during the current economic slowdown – not recession – than [...]

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What Do Moms Want for Mother’s Day?

Once you are married, you officially have two mothers, so Mother’s Day was eventful this year. The more the merrier!
Fortunately, our mothers are not from New Jersey. You’ll see what I mean after watching the drag-mom video below from Clay Weiner. Thanks to AdRants for including the video in your newsletter today. I got a [...]

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Elicia Buzz on The Today Show (well, sort of)

About a month ago I attended the BlogHer Business Conference in NYC (check out my work post on the 360PR Days blog). At the conference, I had the chance to meet a handful of women bloggers like Miriam Kamin who writes/contributes to about 7 blogs – wow! – including Woulda Coulda Shoulda , and Vera [...]

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Thermostat Etiquette – According to Dilbert

You know Dilbert?  The comic strip that runs in more than 2,000 newspapers. Well, I’m not sure how funny it is to those who don’t work in an office, but I can relate to the comic strip without a doubt.
So, Dilbert.com just went through a bit of a re-launch. I poked around and came across this [...]

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Vote Red Sox on the 2008 All-Star Ballot

Voting is under way for MLB’s 2008 All-Star Game. Be sure to vote for all your favorite Sox players. You can vote up to 25 times. Thanks to Boston Dirt Dogs for pointing out that if you want to vote for Jacoby Ellsbury (and why wouldn’t you?), you need to write his name in because he’s [...]

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Cuba Lets People Buy Computers

HAVANA (AP) – Cubans are getting wired. The island’s communist government put desktop computers on sale to the public for the first time Friday, ending a ban on PC sales as another despised restriction on daily life fell away under new President Raul Castro.
A tower-style QTECH PC and monitor costs nearly US$780 (euro505). While few [...]

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Freakonomics – Hoop Data Dreams

Stephen Dubner and Steven Levitt, who wrote Freakonomics and have a blog by the same name, have written a column about the Celtics’ attempt to use the kind of rigorous statistical analysis that Bill James has made popular throughout baseball while working for the Boston Red Sox
The Boston Celtics, owned by several men with venture-capital [...]

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The News Media Who Cried Wolf (i.e., Recession)

As usual, the mainstream media, frothing at the mouth to bring us each day’s message of doom-and-gloom, has for several months now made it impossible to avoid the constant bombardment of references to THE recession and THIS recession. This must be the most widely predicted/presumed recession in American history. A NBC News/Wall Street Journal survey [...]

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Wild at the Franklin Park Zoo

Last weekend my dad, sisters and I went to the Franklin Park Zoo, which I hadn’t been to in years. Previous visits to zoos have consisted of rather uneventful animal watching. The animals just sort of sit there (and understandably – how happy and active would you be if you were stuck in a pen?). [...]

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