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That Dog Gone Tessa (Robocall Edition)
Think of it as Les Poocherables: Boston author Dennis Lehane as Javert, and his runaway dog Tessa as Jean Valjean. The hardwalking staff has already chronicled Act One: The ubiquitous flyers Lehane and his wife Angie have posted up and down … Continue reading
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Tagged Dennis Lehane, findtoto.org, Javert, Jean Valjean, Les Poocherables, Lost Pet Alert, Tessa
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Hark! The Herald!
In its Tuesday edition the Boston Herald – ever Whitmanesque – celebrates itself and sings itself yet again. Page Two: Read the rest at It’s Good to Live in a Two-Daily Town.
The New Republic’s New Logo? Sucks!
The hardsubscribing staff got this email from The New Republic yesterday: As a loyal subscriber we want to say this: Didn’t you people learn anything from The Gap’s logo mishegoss two years ago? If you’re gonna change looks, at … Continue reading
Why The Wall Street Journal Is A Great Newspaper (New Delhi Edition)
Since the brutal rape and murder of a young woman in New Delhi several weeks ago, there have been any number of snapshots of the victim, including this from the New York Times India Ink blog: Portrait Emerges of Victim … Continue reading
The Creepiest Place on Earth: The MagicBand Kingdom
Disney World is now Digi World, as this New York Times piece reports: At Disney Parks, a Bracelet Meant to Build Loyalty (and Sales) ORLANDO, Fla. — Imagine Walt Disney World with no entry turnstiles. Cash? Passé: Visitors would wear rubber bracelets encoded … Continue reading
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Tagged AlterNet, Digi World, Disney World, Fantasyland, MyMagic+, New York Times, Sneak ADtack
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Let The Wild Chuck Hagel Rumpus Begin! (ChuckHagel.com Edition)
As former Nebraska Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-Aggressively Nay) battles his way to Secretary of Defense, one skirmish he’s already lost is control of his domain name. Home page of ChuckHagel.com: ChuckHagel.com happens to be the exclusive province of Weekly … Continue reading
Midnight For Paris
Funny – the Missus and I just saw the eminently watchable Midnight in Paris, which as usual triggered the Big Town vs. the City of Light Service debate. Now comes this letter from Charmaine Teodoro in Monday’s New York Times Metropolitan … Continue reading
The Branded Content Boiler Room
This is the face of branded content as depicted by a weekly newsletter from the Custom Content Council, “the leading professional organization for branded content and content marketing in North America.” Content Marketing: A process for evaluating content channels When engaging … Continue reading
OMG! Herald Has A (New?) Advice Column
Page 3 of today’s Boston Herald features this advice column, which the hardreading staff doesn’t recall seeing in the paper before, although we could be wrong. Regardless, it’s lame even by Herald standards. Time to give in and wear the watch … Continue reading
Dead Blogging Artist Talks At The Boston Sculptors Gallery
On Saturday the Missus and I trundled down the South End to catch the Boston Sculptors Gallery‘s Traditional & Non-Traditional Sculptural Materials in a Contemporary Context, a series of artists talks that was much more interesting than that title might imply. … Continue reading