Tag: Boston

Etcetera

Abraham Obama - One Man's Art Becomes Another's Act Of Vandalism

MayorBob.

Posted to Etcetera on Sun Jul 13, 2008 at 07:57:40 PM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.

Smallish art gallery in major city wants to promote an exhibition. They get the brilliant idea to commission one of the artists to draw a very large mural on the side of a downtown building. The openly political mural is considered by many to be a thought-provoking and intriguing piece of art.

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Etcetera

The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library Tour [Review]

pO157.

Posted to Etcetera on Thu Jun 05, 2008 at 01:23:32 PM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.

While in Beantown on business, I had the distinct pleasure of blowing off several hours of the afternoon conference to visit the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum.

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Sport

Lakers-Celtics: What Every NBA Fan Wanted?

thefadd.

Posted to Sport on Wed Jun 04, 2008 at 10:52:39 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.

Kevin McHale (former Celtic) traded his best player to Boston for next to nothing and now the old green is back in the NBA finals. Jerry West (former Laker) traded his best player to Los Angeles for less than nothing and now the purple and gold is back in the NBA finals.

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SciTech

Oh Those Wacky Hawaiians

thefadd.

Posted to SciTech on Fri Sep 21, 2007 at 09:10:52 PM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.

The Battle For Supreme Idiocy between air travelers and airport security has reached a new high as an MIT student visited Boston's Logan Airport. Star Simpsons, 19, went to meet a friend on an incoming flight. Who she met were a platoon of automatic weapon toting security personnel as they responded to a tip of individual wandering the airport with something suspicious strapped to her torso.

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SciTech

The Big Dig Bug

Thalia.

Posted to SciTech on Tue Jul 18, 2006 at 12:48:32 PM EST. RSS.

Not only has the Big Dig cost almost $15 Billion dollars, and countless frustrated hours in traffic, it has now claimed a life.  

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