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Thursday, September 28, 2006
 

Boston theaters offer free tickets


http://www.boston.com/ae/theater_arts/articles/2006/09/27/boston_theaters_offer_free_tickets/?p1=MEWell_Pos1

Next month, you can get two free tickets to the theater. A major campaign to attract new theater audiences kicks off Oct. 19 at more than 20 theaters in the Boston area. You can reserve two free tickets to a participating theater you haven't gone to in the past by heading to the BosTix booths at Faneuil Hall and Copley Square starting Oct. 5 (noon to 1:30 p.m.) or clicking onto the ArtsBoston website (starting at 4 p.m.) at www.artsboston.org.

The free-ticket program, part of a national campaign, is mainly for performances on Oct. 19, but some theaters will offer alternative dates Oct. 20 through Nov. 5. Details are available on the ArtsBoston website.

GEOFF EDGERS

Monday, September 25, 2006
 

The Citgo Sign ...





One of Boston's famous landmarks is under attack. After the current remarks by Hugo Chavez, who called President Bush "the devil", some polaticians want to remove the famous sign and replace it with an American flag. Mayor Menino has already spoken out against the removal of the sign.

"It’s a landmark in our city, The only one that gets shortchanged is us”

Citgo is of course the state owned oil company of Venezuela and Hugo Chavez is the President of Venezuela.

We can just let this blow over and everyone will soon forget about it. Not to mention the fact that Chavez may indeed be correct with his comments ...

Wednesday, September 20, 2006
 

Man Bites Dog ...


http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/09/20/panda.bite.ap/index.html

A drunken Chinese tourist bit a panda at the Beijing Zoo after the animal attacked him when he jumped into the enclosure and tried to hug it, state media said Wednesday.

Zhang Xinyan had drunk four pitchers of beer at a restaurant before "stumbling to the zoo" nearby and stopping off at the pen holding a sleeping 6-year-old male panda, Gu Gu, on Tuesday, the Beijing Morning Post said.

"He felt a sudden urge to touch the panda with his hand" and jumped over a waist-high railing down into the enclosure, the newspaper said. "When he got closer and was undiscovered, he reached out to hug it."

Startled, Gu Gu bit Zhang in the right leg, it said. Zhang, a 35-year-old migrant laborer from central Henan province, got angry and kicked the panda, who then bit his other leg. A tussle ensued, the paper said.

"I bit the fellow in the back," Zhang was quoted as saying in the newspaper. "Its skin was quite thick."


Seriously though? What is up with people who feel the need to interact with Zoo animals. Besides alcohol of course.

Thursday, September 14, 2006
 

A freshman's guide to Boston


Totally stolen from The Weekly Dig


There is more but here is the top article.

How to keep full-time Bostonians from gnawing your face off



BY JOE KEOHANE | KEOHANE@WEEKLYDIG.COM

The first thing you’ll notice after you settle in here is that most or all of the locals are bastards. This is because they don’t like you.

You may think, “Well, maybe once they get to know me better, they’ll warm up,” and that may be true; but the reason they don’t like you in fact has nothing to do with you, and everything to do with how every fall, a quarter of a million students storm the city, make a huge racket, make a huge pukey mess, then, in June, leave. Locals, having for years accrued countless grievances against the local college population, have gotten to a point where they just assume that every student they see is as bad as or worse than the worst student they’ve ever seen in their lives.

Making matters worse, Bostonians have a certain New England aloofness to them, an entrenched distrust of outsiders and a tendency toward homicidal driving; they can also be quick-tempered and have been emotionally destroyed by the late-winter weather every year since the city was founded back in 1630.

Which means they’re not easy to win over.

But that’s not to say it’s impossible, and as many have learned over the years, if you make an effort, and refrain from puking in strangers’ bushes or turning cars over on Hemenway Street, and you recognize the fact that many people lived here before you came, and will continue to live here after you leave, you’ll do well.

With that in mind, here are a few pointers.

  • Don’t walk slowly, five abreast on the sidewalk, blocking anyone who has to get somewhere from passing you. We recognize the impulse to collect as many acquaintances as you can early in your college career, and how consequently you’ll tend to travel in herds for the first few months, but it drives people crazy.

  • If you’re not walking up an escalator, stand to the right and let people pass. On a related note, don’t stand in doorways, in stairwells, or at the tops or bottoms of escalators.

  • Keep the noise down. We live in the city, so noise is unavoidable. What you want to do, at least during the week, is resist the urge to make massive noises for no reason. On a recent Monday morning, at about 1am, a girl on my block just started yelling at the top of her lungs outside. Why? Because she could. You laugh, but this happens a lot. Again, just bear in mind that people actually live here, and that many have to work in the morning.

  • Don’t mimic the accent; it really annoys people. Learn to appreciate it, love it; it’s the greatest accent in America. [My own note, you suck Diane Lane. Also Marky Mark's accent is suspect ... you figure that one out]

  • Dig into the city, walk around, see the sights, hit as many bars as you can, talk to as many locals as you’re able to. Treat the city as more than a campus, and you’ll get a tremendous amount of enjoyment out of it. Don’t be one of those lame-asses who spend four years hanging out in the same four bars. You’re in a city; take advantage of it.

  • Don’t read the Phoenix, it leads to premature aging.

  • Check for bikes. If you’re one of those students with a car, check your side mirrors before opening your door. Boston’s a big cycling city, and incidents of dooring (i.e., a cyclist being near-decapitated by a carelessly flung-open door) skyrocket when the students come back, mainly on account of how many come from the suburbs and don’t have to worry about such things. Conversely, if you ride a bike, buy a helmet.

  • Nobody cares that you go to Harvard.

  • In the winter, if you see a shoveled-out spot with a piece of junk in the middle (chair, lamp, parking cone, etc.), don’t park there. Your car will be attacked with a golf club (looking at you, Southie; also you, North End).

  • You’ll notice that Bostonians are incorrigible jaywalkers; this doesn’t change the laws of physics. If you walk blindly into traffic (looking at you, BU), you will be hit by a car and it will hurt, if not kill you. This happens ALL THE TIME. Jaywalking requires a certain basic level of awareness of what’s going on around you; if you must do it, look both ways. Better yet, just don’t do it at all. At least not for the first six months.

  • Drinking. Many Bostonians drink. Many adore drinking. You’re free to drink all you want, provided you don’t fuck up personal property. Short of that, have at it.

    That about covers it. Follow these simple rules, and your next four years will be filled with drunken fun, learning, culture and maybe even the occasional normal human interaction with the locals. And that’s more than most get during their four years here. Most importantly, you’ll have our sincere gratitude.

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    More on the elections ...



    Not that anyone I know will care.
    http://www.boston.com/news/local/politics/issues/

    I think one of the key issues we should all be concerned about is the fact that many companies are leaving the state. Don't think this just takes high paying jobs out. It trickles down to janitors, cafeteria workers and other less-skilled jobs. Its not just scientists and engineers that are leaving. This creates a HUGE hole in the local economies.

    Wednesday, September 13, 2006
     

    Massachusetts Democratic Candidates.


    from The Weekly Dig we have a look at the three Democratic candidates.

    Chris Gabrieli

    He’s tall, goofy and not an especially impressive presence in person. He has a tendency to speak too quickly and to get bogged down in minutiae. “Results” talk needs more actionable proposals. Smart, though.

    Deval Patrick

    By far the most polished and articulate candidate on the ticket, known for his legion of grassroots true believers and his soaring, stirring speeches that often have no discernable substance. He’s refreshing because he’s not a total disaster on the stump like every other Democratic gubernatorial candidate we’ve had over the last 16 years, but his ability to get people to absolutely love him and not really be able to explain why afterward is a little spooky.

    Tom Reilly

    The hard-working, good-guy veneer is peeling away, exposing a vengeful, cynical hack. He blames Republicans for the Big Dig, then takes campaign contributions from Dig contractors; before the tunnel collapsed, he wanted to cap Bechtel’s disaster liability.


    In summation it looks like Reilly is kind of a scum bag, so he's out. Between Gabrieli and Patrick there are many similarities but I do have to give credit to Deval's come from the poor south side of Chicago and do big things. He is definatly my favorite but I don't see an opinion on Stem Cell research (which i am very much for). If it turns out he is opposed to said research then I will switch to Gabrieli.

    Winner(of my support): Deval Patrick

    Tuesday, September 12, 2006
     

    8 Important Lessons Learned from '80s Cartoons


    This is a good read. Funny and its about cartoons so you have to read it, right?
    http://cracked.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=815



    Includes such gems as:
    However, the sexual politics of Smurf Village, with its one female for every 30 guys, did go a long way towards preparing us for freshman year of college.

    and:
    Actually, we’re pretty certain that our strategy for the Iraq War was conceived after a two day long G.I. Joe marathon in the Pentagon.

    Monday, September 11, 2006
     

    September 11th






    I had a few paragraphs here, but upon writing them I decided that I could not justify taking this as an opportunity to convey my personal political views.

    Sometimes silence can speak more than any words.

    Wednesday, September 06, 2006
     

    Football Pick 'EM


    As usual, I have created a group on Yahoo!'s football pick 'em. Technically it is for fun. I like to do it to track my choices for the season (bragging rights). However if anyone wants to use it for wagering ... I am game.

    Group Settings
    Group ID#: 49257
    Group Password weymouth
    link: http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com/pickem

     

    Tom Cruise is an idiot




    Ok this has to be a farce, right?
    If this is actually a legit bronzing of Suri's first bowel movement, then DSS should be taking this baby (if she really exists) away from this lunatic ASAP. As if the scientology(no capitol S on purpose there) isn't proof enough that he is an unfit parent.

    I don't care about the alleged pictures of baby Suri. I find it hard to imagine she exists. I also find it next to impossible that this baby is Tom Cruise's and was conceived "naturally".

    -end rant-

     

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    Tuesday, September 05, 2006
     

    O'Neills Birthday


    So this saturday night we celebrated Mr. O'Neills birthday (35th I think). We headed to the water club in marina bay as we did last year (remember that one melberg? Didn't think so). Well we are in 3 cars and I was apparently the last car. So we go to go in and the bouncer is like we are waiting on 8 people to leave and we are closing. A quick phone call later and it is my friends that they are waiting on. No big deal. We walk down the board walk (a first for melberg! yes! two shots in one blog!) to another bar, gather ourselves, drink beers and confer on where to bring the shit show (trademarked word by us you stinking posers).

    Blarneystone in Dorchester. That is the conclusion. Don't get me wrong, it is a nice place ... on the inside. Did I mention that it is in Dorchester? And not just Dorchester, Fields Corner Dorchester. We were not scurred(as the kids say). O'Neill is loving it because its Arch's old stomping grounds.

    We then begin the party. There were shots. Most of us did surfer on acids (who has never had jaeger?). The beer was going down like water.

    Unfortunatly this year, Steve did not fall down much to everyone disappointment. I almost tripped him just for a laugh, but it was his birthday after all. I do remember one person falling out on the dance floor ... I just can't remember who exactly ...

    I am going to wrap this up with a quick shout out to our DD's (kids you need them!) of the night Big J and Hendu. Thanks for making this night drunker!

    The floor is now open for comments of things I forgot/chose not to remember.


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