Here in Massachusetts there’s a little holiday called Patriots’ Day. It’s the only holiday I know of that everyone in the whole state (or Commonwealth, as it were) gets off except for the Post Office, which is reason number 47 why it is so magical.
Patriots’ Day is a time when people all over New England [...]
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The Best Holiday Ever…Second Only, Perhaps, to the Birth of Jesus
Posted in Boston, Boston Marathon, Copley, Day Off, Holiday, Hynes ICA, Massachusetts, New England, money, people, weekends, tagged Boston Library, civic duty, encouragement, Patriots' Day, running on April 23, 2008 | No Comments »
“Get bent, TAX MAN”
Posted in Boston, Massachusetts, Red Sox, anger, baseball, frustration, money, tagged Boston, Massachusetts, Red Sox, scarface, taxes on April 8, 2008 | 2 Comments »
As you can probably tell from the caps in the title of the post, I am at line 44 of the Massachusetts Income Tax forms. Here are my feelings on this subject:
Yes, it’s that bad.
And the magic of it all is that I have to do it three times - federal, Massachusetts, home state. [...]
How to make friends and people under the influence
Posted in Massachusetts, Red Sox, aliens, cake, candles, choking, common decency, complaining, crazies, darkness, dessert, dinner, dinner parties, dishes, elitism, entertaining, fire, food, freaks, hell, humor, passing judgment, people, rudeness, weirdness on October 22, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Last night BC and I went to a dinner party. It was the first real dinner party I’ve ever been to as a somewhat real adult. I have to say that going into it, I was somewhat excited. Good food, potentially interesting conversation, all fun. But it should have been a sign [...]
Freaks and Geeks: Part 1
Posted in Boston, Massachusetts, Work, directions, freaks, frustration, people, weirdness on August 31, 2007 | 3 Comments »
One of the cooler (and sometimes scary) things about Boston is the range of personalities floating around. These include, but are not limited to, every breed of college student; the homeless, blind, Vietnam veterans previously living on the Common; bankers in power suits and flip flops on the T; the natives (who usually turn [...]
