Posted in Economy & Politics, Massachusetts, Misc., Sports, tagged bail out, beer, Boston Celtics, capitalism, economics, election, James Posey, moral hazard, Obama, repeal income tax on July 18, 2008 | No Comments »
1. Are Facts Obsolete? Economist Thomas Sowell points out that many of Barack Obama’s positions are seemingly based on the notion that believing is seeing rather than actual information about the successes and failures of different policy concepts. My Take: I share his frustration, particularly when it comes to important economic policy issues. There is an unbelievable amount of rhetoric [...]
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Posted in Massachusetts, Misc., tagged Flip Flops, Havaianas, Old Navy, Reef Sandals, Roxy, Sandals, Summer Shoes, Teva Sandals on June 14, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Along with the hot weather in New England comes a few of my favorite things - ice cream, sun, outdoor activities, BBQs, and flip flops. I’m a casual gal and I’ve always felt that I had “sensitive” feet. Huh? Well, either I have sensitive feet or I just don’t understand the “beauty is pain” concept when it comes [...]
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‘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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Posted in Economy & Politics, Energy & Environment, Massachusetts, tagged clean energy, economy, environment, Fenway Park, green business, green jobs, Massachusetts, NSTAR, solar, solar boston on May 27, 2008 | No Comments »
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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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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Posted in Economy & Politics, Energy & Environment, Home, Massachusetts, tagged energy efficiency, ACEEE, energy independence, Department of Energy, green collar jobs, DSIRE on May 18, 2008 | 1 Comment »
…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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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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Posted in Massachusetts, Sports, tagged All-Star Game, Baseball, Boston, Boston Dirt Dogs, Jacoby Ellsbury, Red Sox, Sports, Vote on May 7, 2008 | No Comments »
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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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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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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Researchers from Purdue University’s Vulcan Project have created the most detailed picture yet of human sources of carbon dioxide emissions in the U.S. There is an article on this featured in today’s Boston Globe. This video is a really interesting animation presenting the data - you can see the emission levels pulse as emissions increase during the day and [...]
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I very rarely overhear interesting conversations on the MBTA commuter rail. When you are on a commuter’s schedule (i.e. on the train between 6 and 9 in the morning and 4 and 7 in the evening), you will usually hear miscellaneous and very BORING work-related cell phone conversations or the occasional commuter buddy chats to the tune of “how [...]
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Let’s not forget that 95 American patriots - the first American patriots - gave their lives on this day in 1775 at Lexington and Concord in the first battles of the American Revolution.
When British General Thomas Gage sent a force out of Boston to confiscate weapons stored in Concord and capture patriot leaders Samuel Adams and John [...]
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When those of us living in and around Boston get hungry we almost always go east, and with good reason. There are countless great restaurants/food-stands in the city.
But if you go west, you can find some truly unique places where you can get a sort of country-comfort food that you simply won’t find in Boston.
So, for those Bostonians who [...]
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For the past six months or so the Framingham / Worcester line of the MBTA commuter rail has been running off schedule. In my experience, at least every other day the train will be between 5 to 20 minutes late. For someone who just worked a full day and is eager to get home, 10 minutes [...]
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Lucky for Dorothy, she had a cute 3-bedroom 2-bath house with a picket fence on an 8-acre farm in Kansas to think about when she uttered the famous words “there’s no place like home.” If she were living in an apartment with Auntie Em, Uncle whatever-his-name-was, Toto and the rest of the farm animals, I’m sure [...]
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FRB, Boston - Between 1995 and 2005, home prices in New England increased by 85 percent, compared to an increase of only 56 percent nationwide. The growth in house prices was far greater than the growth of real incomes, meaning most households in the region have seen the affordability of housing decline in recent years. As a result, there’s been [...]
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