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Quote o’ the Day (Jimmy Tingle Edition)
The hardworking staff yields to no man in our admiration for local comedian Jimmy Tingle, but we really must take issue with his statement in yesterday’s Boston Globe piece by Eric Moskowitz about whether the Hub of the Universe has an … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston, Boston Globe, coffee shops, Eric Moskowitz, inferiority complex, Jimmy Tingle, Joe Cocker, New York, traffic lights
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NYT: Bostonians Don’t Care How They Look
From our Late to the Spending Party desk The hardworking staff has been occupied with one thing and another lately, so we missed this piece in the New York Times Sunday Review section. What People Buy Where CONSPICUOUS consumption is everywhere, … Continue reading
Bikers Beware! Brookline Cops Busting Sidewalk Cyclers!
As we made our merry way to school the past two mornings, the hardwalking staff has observed bike riders being nabbed by Brookline police right at the Brookline/Boston line and issued . . . something – maybe a ticket, maybe … Continue reading
NYT Targets Boston Shootings Rise
Saturday’s New York Times took a big swing at the rise in Boston gun violence since the April Marathon bombings. Violence Rises in Boston Off the National Stage BOSTON — The Boston Marathon bombings produced an outpouring of attention to … Continue reading
Suffolk Downs Casino: Dailies Play The Numbers Game
The Boston Herald and the Boston Globe do casino-half-full/casino-half-empty in today’s editions. The Globe: The story itself gives a more detailed set of numbers . . . Read the rest at It’s Good to Live in a Two-Daily Town.
Walmart Gets Into Boston! (Globe)
The hardshopping staff knows one job Boston Mayor Tom Menino won’t be considering when he leaves office next year: Walmart greeter. Hizzoner has been Lord Waldemort, blocking Walmart’s entry into Boston at every turn. So Walmart has apparently decided to … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston, Lord Waldemort, The Angle, Tom Menino, Walmart, Walmart greeter, Walmart North Oxford, Walmart Worcester
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Aereo Dynamics Coming To Boston
Aereo, the ant(enna) farm that lets viewers access broadcast networks on the Internet for a monthly fee, is expanding into Boston, but not without opposition. Via The Verge (tip o’ the pixel to Poynter): Aereo files suit against CBS to head … Continue reading
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Tagged Aereo, ant(enna) farm, Boston, CBS, Fox, NBC, Poynter, The Verge
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Why New York Is The Big Town
Ten years ago New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg snuffed out cigarette smoking in the city’s restaurants, bars, and workplaces, an achievement his NYC Coalition for a Smoke-Free City celebrated in this full-page New York Times ad yesterday: Ten years? Feh. … Continue reading