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I've known Richard Swett, and at least known the name, for as long as I can remember.  I don't know how I knew him — maybe his family and my family belonged to the same country club back in New Hampshire. Anyway, when Obama came to New Hampshire recently to conduct a post-State-of-the-Union town hall meeting in Nashua, Richard Swett … Read More

Note the teddy bear on the bench:

Corny perhaps, but this is a really good public service announcement for wearing seat belts:

I love this article because it hits upon some of my pet peeves about grammer misuse. For example: "Try and".  As in "Just try and stop us"  No.  Wrong.  It is "try to". "Hopefully".  It means "full of hope" and is used to describe a subject.  It does not mean "it is hoped that".  So "Hopefully, it will stop snowing" … Read More

Final Season Of 'Lost' Promises To Make Fans More Annoying Than Ever

In case you ever wanted to report the news, here's how to do it:

This is technically a timely post, since we are still in the 12 Days of Christmas.  Today is in fact the 12th Day, because the star appeared above the manger on Christmas Eve and it took the three magi twelve days to follow it and arrive at the manger and who the hell cares? Anyway, for "The Sing-Off" fans, here's … Read More

With the cold snap hitting most of the country, you're likely to hear that phrase.  But if you want to know what it is really like to freeze to death, read here.  It's horrifying.  Not at all like the supposedly "pleasant" experience of drowning.  An excerpt: As you sink back into the snow, shaken, your heat begins to drain away … Read More

Here she is….   Who is she?   Ahhh… wouldn't you like to know. The truth is, she doesn't exist.  She's a composite.  Here's a simple composite — you blend Angelina Jolie with Anne Hathway to create a third woman (below): And what if you kept doing this…. and then blended the composites?  And then blended those composites? You end up … Read More

(10)  The media trying to tear down some icon, and failing miserably.  "Sully" Sullenberg is my guess. (9)  Sarah Palin trying to be taken seriously as a political thinker now that she's had some time to crack a few books on the current issues of the day. (8)  The 2004 Red Sox.  Not the same guys of course.  Just the … Read More

(10)  People getting rewarded for doing bad jobs.  I'm talking mainly Wall Street executives and people who run their company into the ground, then get bailed out by taxpayers, and then get huge bonuses as part of their executive compensation package (9) People who cannot deal with the fact that Obama is President.  The birth certificate thing has played itself out.  … Read More