From the monthly archives:

August 2007

Dream Memories

Aug. 29, 2007

Considering I don’t keep a dream journal and rarely remember my dreams after awaking, it’s odd that pieces of a dream from last night are still etched in my mind.
I don’t remember all of it, but some 16 hours after my alarm woke me from my slumber, I’m shocked I remember what I do…
The beginning [...]

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Beach Boys

Aug. 11, 2007

My first live music concert at a real performing venue with a real stage was on June 17, 1988 headlined by the Beach Boys. Here is the 28-song setlist.
John Stamos, fresh from his second season on the TV sitcom, “Full House,” cameoed as the band’s drummer.
Roy Orbison opened for the Beach Boys, six months before [...]

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Cellular Evolution

Aug. 10, 2007

Your cellphone says a lot about you. So if you’re toting a 5-year-old phone, maybe it’s time for an upgrade. There are multitudes of cellphones on the market. Knowing which to choose can be daunting.
In a recent story in USA Today, columnist Kim Komando showcases a series of cellphones for photography, gaming, email–pretty much any [...]

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Friending Strangers

Aug. 6, 2007

“Spare change?” a homeless man asked us, as we stood on the sidewalk late Saturday night in front of Vox Populi, a Boston bar that had just closed at 1 a.m.
The homeless man said he could dance.
Patrick, a Maryland employee of Saks 5th Ave., in Boston for the weekend for work, smiled and told the [...]

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From herbs to drugs

Aug. 1, 2007

When presented a choice between taking a natural herb or a man-made drug, I opt for the herb. This way of life I developed about 10 years ago, and while I used to stock everything from echinacea to coenzyme Q10, my current herbal remedies are astragalus (a similar immune-boosting tonic as echinacea but without the [...]

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Depart here for the Boston Public Library

Aug. 1, 2007

Boston Public Library officials are asking the MBTA to rename the Copley station to a BPL station, Universal Hub recently reported, not unlike existing stations named for the Museum of Fine Arts, the New England Aquarium, and Symphony Hall.
If anyone’s ridden the Red Line, as the train pulls into the Charles/MGH stop, the conductor typically [...]

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