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December 25, 2007
Inspiration Strikes Occasionally
Merry Christmas, Boston.
Posted by Michael at 08:49 AM | Comments (3)
December 21, 2007
Dear Boston Globe
When it snows, it screws everything up. We know this. I'm not sure why delays at Logan during a daylong snowstorm is front page newsworthy, and yet you refuse to print the home addresses of weatherpeople who said yesterday would be a dusting to an inch ending mid-morning. Kthxbye.
Posted by Michael at 09:41 AM | Comments (1)
December 19, 2007
Procrastination Irks Retailers
As a champion procrastinator, let me say this to the retailers who are panicking. It's your fault. My Christmas spirit was sucked out of me, stomped on, killed, buried, and had its gravesite salted when you decided to start with the music and the displays back in October. That puts my brain in full denial mode, and I refused to even acknowledge the existence of the season until this upcoming weekend, when I'm going to do all my shopping in one irritated whirlwind.
Their marketing experts says I and others like me are "interested in managing the shopping and consuming experience themselves". I guess that's one way to put it. I reiterate that I don't mind the early arrival of eggnog, though.
Posted by Michael at 10:02 AM | Comments (2)
December 07, 2007
Undecided Voter
It's hard for me to believe, but I am truly an Undecided Voter.
There are elements I like about many of the candidates (not Mitt so much) at this point, but there's something or other I don't like about each of them. There's no one who's inspiring me to go out and hold signs in 40-below weather like I did four years ago, but there's got to be at least one of these people who will inspire me to go to [wherever I go; I have to check since I moved] and actually vote.
So, readers, make your pitch. Tell me why your candidate is the one that I'll eventually come to support. And why I shouldn't just put an ad on Craigslist that says I'll vote for whoever's campaign gives me $50.
(PS...if you feel the words "Ron Paul" springing to your tongue or typing finger, give me a real, good argument that will appeal to me. I know the Internet loves him, but he's running for President of an actual country, not the Wizards' Guild on World of Warcraft.)
Posted by Michael at 01:01 PM | Comments (2)
December 05, 2007
Glad I Went Straight Home
Always nice to wake up and find out that a neighborhood you drive through all the time blew up in the middle of the night. I can't believe nobody got injured.
Posted by Michael at 08:44 AM | Comments (4)