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Mooninites invade Boston, cause bomb scare
ByDerekI’m in Boston for a few days for training, and much to my surprise ran across this local news story today: On Wednesday afternoon five suspicious packages were found in various locations throughout the city of Boston, including a hospital, a subway station, and a bridge support. According to Boston’s mayor, Thomas M. Menino, all…
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No tolls, one month later
ByDerekAverage monthly tolls, January-October 2006: $16.53 November 2006: $5.54 (and that’ll probably be higher than my average) 😀 There are also no delays anymore at Black Rock in the evenings. Things sped right up after they stopped posting a cop to babysit the plaza. Glad they took my suggestion. 😉
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Bathrobes
ByDerek(Edit: linked to updated, framed version on Flickr) The baby will be here any day, and we decided to add a hook to our bathroom wall. I love the visual of it and took a snapshot, then did a very minor Photoshop treatment where I made the wall black and white. The wall is actually…
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Another reason to keep the Skyway
ByDerekNo, it’s not because Mary Kunz Goldman said it’s the best feature of Buffalo’s waterfront, although that was a surprise to read. It’s that yet another of the oft-repeated reasons to tear it down is about to be disproven. We’ve heard before that Buffalo doesn’t have the shipping traffic it once had, so we don’t…
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First stock trade of the year
ByDerekLast year was the first year that I really started paying attention to the stock market. While I’ve had a portfolio for several years, I was unsuccessfully following the old “Buy and Hold” mantra. I decided that 2006 was going to be the year I learned more about how the system actually worked and I…
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Barenaked wing eating
ByDerekBy the way… the Barenaked Ladies/Guster concert was excellent, as expected. It’s not replacing any of my top five, but it was good nonetheless. Big props to Tyler’s Rick Jeanneret-influenced version of Feliz Navidad. Yes, you did have to be there. You didn’t need to have been there to get Steven Page’s recap on the…
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