Last Red Sox-Yankees Showdown in Yankee Stadium

With the Yankees set to open a new stadium next year, the Red Sox played their last series at Yankee Stadium this week…and they won 2 of 3 The Yankees look pathetic as the regular season winds down (will likely miss playoffs for first time in 14 years), but the Red Sox seem to be [...]

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The Soup (not necessarily for the soul)

In the 90’s there was a little show on E! called Talk Soup, which in 2004 was ”re-mixed” into a much better show that we now know as The Soup. I can’t get enough of this 1/2 hour weekly show of utter hilarity during which host Joel McHale “reports” on the latest in pop culture news and [...]

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Flickr Photo of the Day “Totally Engrossed”

Towards the end of last week our Internet was “down” at the office for a few hours. My hands were tied. I felt crippled and cut off from the world. It was incredibly frustrating not being able to deliver on the list of tasks outlined on the various colored post-its scattered across my desk.
Don’t get [...]

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Lynyrd Skynyrd and Kid Rock – A Saturday Night Special

 
We were at the Comcast Center in Mansfield, MA (formerly Great Woods) on Saturday night to see Lynyrd Skynyrd & Kid Rock on their Rock and Rebels tour.
It was a hot, sunny day - we got there at about 2:30 and tailgated all afternoon. It was the first time in a looong time that the atmosphere felt like the old Great Woods…everyone [...]

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Au Bon Pain in the Ass

Normally I stop at Dunkin’ Donuts for my morning coffee. I can’t remember the last time I bought coffee anywhere else, and today, it showed.
I was in Harvard Square with some time to kill and decided to get my morning brew while I waited. Harvard Square is familiar territory – I was pretty sure that there was no DD [...]

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Famous Photos (of the LEGO variety)

I’ve blogged about LEGO before (and I’ll probably blog about the company again). The staying power of the almighty LEGO is stickier than your fingers after eating a huge wad of cotton candy. Given this fact, and that Photo History was one of my favorite courses in college, I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to blog about [...]

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“Red Haze” Clouds the Reality of Pollution in China

Two kinds of haze afflict, with appalling consequences, the people of China:
1) The unmitigated haze of pollution spewed daily by power plants, factories, and automobiles that clouds the atmosphere and is estimated to kill at least 10,000 Chinese per year, and
2) The oppressive “red haze” of communism spewed daily by a government that clouds reality in the eyes of Chinese citizens and [...]

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Over 100 Posts for Elicia Buzz!

That’s right, folks. We’ve hit the 100 mark. It has been an interesting 6 months for Dan and I. We’ve laughed and not-quite-cried (but maybe a skirmish here and there) about the blog I hope to keep things up for another 6 months and another 100 posts. To celebrate this wondrous occasion, here are [...]

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Flickr Photo of the Day – “Happy”

You can’t NOT smile.
As an adult, it is so easy to overcomplicate things. As a child, spinning in a circle is enough to make you happy.
Never loose your child-like enthusiasm and outlook on life.
Thanks velvia333 for the photo!

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Manny Being Tardy

This is comical. Baseball’s idiot savant strikes again - Dodgers v. Phillies on Monday:

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In China, I Could Be Jailed for Posting This

And you could be jailed for reading it…and we’d all be sharing a cell with George Will and the artists who drew these cartoons.
For only the third time in 72 years (Berlin 1936, Moscow 1980), the games are being hosted by a tyrannical regime, the mind of which was displayed in the opening ceremony featuring thousands [...]

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Finally a Turning Point for Oil and the Dollar?

July 14th – 15th marked the beginning of a sudden and dramatic reversal of the multi-year upward trend in crude oil prices and the multi-year downward trend in the value of the U.S. dollar. This sea-change points to, potentially, a significantly improved outlook for growth, inflation, and energy costs – but, is this really the [...]

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More Blogs to Buzz About

To follow-up on my previous post from a couple weeks ago, I wanted to share with you some MORE blogs that I find enjoyable and hope you will too
Neatorama – A blog about “neat” stuff. I get the newsletter. Posts cover everything from advertising news, architecture, gadgets, travel, and more. There is a [...]

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Curb Your Enthusiasm will have a 7th Season!

I just found out about this - last month Larry David confirmed that there will be a 7th season of Curb Your Enthusiasm, and it will premier at the beginning of 2009!
It’s the funniest damn show on TV. We don’t get HBO anymore so I didn’t see any of season 6 when it first aired, but I got the Season [...]

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Wicked Local Real Estate Info

Newton, MA - According to a report released by the Warren Group, an organization that tracks real estate trends, single-family home sales in Massachusetts in the first half of the year “plummeted” 19.1 percent, the lowest level the state has experienced in 15 years. The report also stated that the median price for single-family homes fell [...]

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Life is Better Down Where Its Wetter

Life is better down where its wetter, according to Sebastian the crab from The Little Mermaid, a favorite movie from my childhood (and adulthood, for that matter - I can still recite most of the lines!)
For as long as I can remember, I’ve loved the ocean and been fascinated by the idea that there is a whole other [...]

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