From the monthly archives:

January 2008

Bowling for dollars

Jan. 29, 2008

I just read this story from the Newburyport Daily News in April 2007 about a former bowling alley on Water Street which saw its last bowlers in the 1970s.
As a resident of this fair city, I’d love to see the return of a bowling alley. Cosmic bowling is the rage these days, for youth and [...]

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Jewel in the Crown

Jan. 29, 2008

Here is a review I posted on the Jewel in the Crown restaurant, which I ate lunch at today.

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State of the Union

Jan. 28, 2008

I watched tonight’s State of the Union speech. While the global media spins their critiques, I’d like to muse on some undercurrents of the speech.

How many times Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton stand and clap at the same time? Or John McCain and Ron Paul? Or all four of them at once?
Did you notice Speaker [...]

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Newburyport beauties?

Jan. 27, 2008

Kirsten Haglund, representing Michigan, won the 2008 Miss America pageant last night. I didn’t watch the competition, but it’s being rebroadcast right now on TLC and found it while channel surfing as it offers mindless entertainment in the background.
Miss Massachusetts, Valerie Amaral, didn’t even make the top 15. In fact, in the 87-year history of [...]

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Night lights

Jan. 27, 2008

Why are downtown lights on at 1:30 in the morning? I can understand a few on, near street intersections and pedestrian walkways, but every single light? Even if they are CFL or LED bulbs, it’s still too many lumens shining at a time when nobody is on the street. Walking, anyway. Cars have their own [...]

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Bzzzz!

Jan. 26, 2008

On my way back home last night, I stopped at the 24-hour CVS and picked up a beard trimmer, inserted the batteries, and shaved my six-week-old ‘Lincoln’ beard.
…and then some.
I tried to get a trim today but either the downtown salons were closed for the day or closed at 12 noon. It was after 12, [...]

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Build it and they will come

Jan. 26, 2008

Searching online for references to the older train station, I found this August 1999 article printed in The New York Times.
Written 10 months after the MBTA station was built at its present location near the Newbury line, the reporter described how 475 net riders were added to those who previously boarded at Ipswich. Moreover, she [...]

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