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Monthly Archives: May 2011
Patrice Bergergone?
From the Sunday Boston Herald: Bergeron concussed ‘Mild’ injury may sideline Bruins center WILMINGTON — A team that has been hammered by head injuries like few others in the NHL the last several seasons, the Bruins [team stats] now are dealing with another … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Bruins, concussion, Patrice Bergeron, Stanley Cup playoffs
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Wolfie – Wolfie – Lick Me Your Comb
For the Wall Street Journal’s Weekend Interview with former deputy defense secretary Paul Wolfowitz, old friend Ken Fallin provided this image: Swell drawing. But wouldn’t the real caricature have been this image? Just askin’.
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Tagged Ken Fallin, lick comb, Paul Wolfowitz, Wall Street Journal, Weekend Interview
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It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (Thomas Drechsler Edition)
How much fun is it going to be to follow the Sale DiMasi corruption trial over the next several weeks? But first – a clarification, please. Who exactly is round-up-the-usual-suspects lawyer Thomas Drechsler representing in this case? From Peter Gelzinis’ … Continue reading
C.J. Chivers, As In Shivers (Misurata Edition)
Absolutely stunning depiction by New York Times reporter C.J. Chivers of rocket attacks on the Libyan town of Miseryata: The Lives at the End of the Rockets’ Arc MISURATA, Libya — The four fresh corpses, the remains of people recently … Continue reading
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Tagged C.J. Chivers, Libya, Miseryata, Misurata, New York Times
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The League of Women Cutthroaters
From our Late to the Party desk: The hardworking staff just saw the League of Women Voters TV spot sandblasting Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown (R-Killing Kids) for his vote to end the Environmental Protection Agency’s regulation of greenhouse gasses. Yeesh. … Continue reading
Finding Tommy Ashton At the 9/11 Memorial
From Thursday’s New York Times: Constructing a Story, With 2,982 Names How do you find a name? How do you find one name out of 2,982? How can you spot two or three incised words around twin pools that — … Continue reading
Correction o’ the Day (WSJ Edition)
From Thursday’s Wall Street Journal Corrections & Amplifications (sorry, no link because Rupert Murdoch shockingly wants to make money from his content so I have to type this myself): The Constitution Center, an office building in Washington, D.C., is up … Continue reading
‘Twistory’ Lesson For UMass Professor
From TechPresident: University of Massachusetts political science professor Stuart W. Shulman has built software for doing textual analysis on large amounts of data. So when he saw an explosion of Twitter activity around the death of Osama bin Laden, he … Continue reading
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Tagged Library of Congress, Stuart W. Shulman, TechPresident, textifier, The New Yorker, Tweets from Tahrir, Twistory, Twitter
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Verizon’s Ovechtrick Or Treat
During the second intermission of Wednesday night’s Red Wings/Sharks game on Versus, this Verizon Rule the Air commercial lionizing Washington Capitals star Alexander Ovechkin popped up: Too bad the next report was that Alexander the Grate’s Capitals had just been … Continue reading
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