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Scrapple From the Apple (Store)
Well the Missus and I trundled down to the Boylston Street Apple store to dump some old computers last night and, say, it was swell. Largely because we dropped off a Mac SE that we bought in 1989 for – … Continue reading
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Tagged 1989, Apple Geeks, Apple store, Boylston Street, Charlie Parker, Liquid Paper, Mac SE, Scrapple from the Apple
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WSJ’s Wimbledon Double-Fault
Question: When the Wall Street Journal gets it wrong, how does the paper set it right? Answer: Stealthily, in this case. From Tom Perrotta’s piece in the Weekend Wall Street Journal print edition: [Rafael] Nadal, the top seed at Wimbledon, lost his … Continue reading
When a Nation Forgets Its Own Clichés . . .
. . . well, that’s just sad. The hardnoting staff has a habit of recording mangled phrases in the press, and here’s our latest batch. • From Boston Magazine last July, about the 2014 Massachusetts gubernatorial race: “[Martha Coakley’s] apparent reversal … Continue reading
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Tagged @MickeyBPowerPop, Allen Craig, Arsenio Hall, Bill Clinton, Boston Bruins, Boston Globe, Boston magazine, Brian Krause, CNN, Condoleezza Rice, Daniel Nava, David Desharnais, Doug Band, First Read, International Cherry-Pit Spitting Contest, Iowa, Jeremy Roenick, John Kerry, Johnny Carson, mangled phrases, Martha Coakley, Mexican immigrants, Montreal Canadiens, MSNBC, New Republic, NPR, Quebec, Red Sox, Rep. Steve King, SCOTUS, Secretary of State, St. Louis Cardinals, Stanley Cup, stare decisis, Wall Street Journal, Will Middlebrooks
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Tyler Kepner’s Sweet NYT Tony Gwynn Column
The hardrooting staff is an American League fan, so we never paid much attention to San Diego Padre’s great Tony Gwynn. Shame on us. Gwynn, as Richard Goldstein’s New York Times piece yesterday reminded us, was a ballplayer for the … Continue reading
“How Boston Fixes a Pothole”
Politico has a series called What Works and its latest installment is Boston: There’s an App for That, by Ben Schreckinger. “Civic hacking” and the transformation of local government. Boston’s City Hall is a 500,000-square-foot concrete monstrosity. Built in 1968, … Continue reading
Veterans Who Run Full-Page Ads in the Wall Street Journal (George C. Turek Edition II)
As the hardworking staff previously noted, former Navy aviator/current Texas civilian George C. Turek ran this ad in the Wall Street Journal last week: We promptly sent these questions to Mr. Turek: • Why did you choose the … Continue reading
That’s Just So . . . What? (NYT Upskirt Edition)
Two-page, er, spread in Sunday’s New York Times Styles section. Close-ulp: Closer-ulp: Memo to newly minted Times executive editor Dean Baquet: Really?
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Tagged close-up, closer-ulp, Dean Baquet, Louis Vuitton, New York Times, NYT Upskirt, Sunday Styles
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The Ballad of Joe Boyd (Music by Nick Drake), Con.
Last year the hardworking staff posted this. Producer Joe Boyd Gets Nick Drake’s Boston History Wrong NPR’s Weekend All Things Considered on Sunday included a conversation with Joe Boyd, “[who] produced Nick Drake’s first two albums back in 1969 and 1970, … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Pafenbach, Andre Betz, Bug Editorial, Entertainment Weekly, family-sized can of words, Honey Moon, Joe Boyd, Jonathan Dayton, Lance Accord, Lance Jensen, Little Miss Sunshine, Liz Vanzura, Lost in Translation, Nick Drake, NPR, Pink Moon, Ron Lawner, Shane Hutton, Sofia Coppola, South by Southwest, The Church, The Cure, Under the Mlky Way, Valerie Feris, Volkswagen, Weekend All Things Considered
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Why We Love the Stanley Cup Bakeoffs (DeadBlogging Game 5)
First off the hardwatching staff wants to nominate hockey as the real beautiful game (sorry, fútbol), especially during the Stanley Cup Finals. There’s almost never a bad finals game, and last night’s double-overtime tilt between the Los Angeles Kings and … Continue reading
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