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Tag Archives: The Missus
Bogus Headline o’ the Week (NYT MIT Edition)
From Wednesday’s New York Times: Wait – shouldn’t that headline be: M.I.T. Clears Itself In Report After Suicide Of Activist Not to get technical about it. (Tip o’ the pixel to The Missus.)
Hark! The Herald! (Lame Subscription Edition)
THE BOSTON HERALD WANTS YOU to swell the ranks of its current 17 home subscribers. So it ran this ad in today’s edition: Always Relevant? Seriously? Here’s Page One of the sports section Herald home subscribers received this morning . … Continue reading
The Puck Stops At The Boston Herald
After the hardreading staff watched last night’s fabulous triple-overtime Stanley Cup final between the Chicago Blackhawks and the Boston Bruins, we trundled off to bed confident that there would be excellent coverage in today’s local dailies. But what did we … Continue reading
Hopper! Thou Shouldst Be Living At This Hour: Boston Hath Need Of Thee
From our William Wordsworth desk It was the Missus who pointed out that Wednesday’s Boston Globe front-page photo looked like an Edward Hopper painting. Close-up: Just like Hopper: Bleak, ambiguous, ominous.
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Tagged Boston Globe, Edward Hopper, John Milton, Marathon bombing, The Missus, William Wordsworth
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Free The Missus One!
All of a sudden, the Missus has been getting lash notes from outfits that have no business nagging her. Exhibit A: This letter from NSTAR hectoring her about our electricity usage: First of all: What of it? Second of all: … Continue reading
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Tagged ABC The Note, lash notes, MoveOn.org Civic Action, MYOB!!!!, NSTAR, The Missus
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Katy Perry Kissed A Ballot . . .
And she liked it so much, she made a dress out of it. From New York magazine’s The Cut (tip o’ the pixel to The Missus): Katy Perry Voted Early Katy Perry wore a ballot printed on her dress to … Continue reading
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Tagged ballot dress, Katy Perry, New York, The Cut, The Missus, vote
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Paul Ryan, Fashion Victim
Forget GOP vice presidential hopeful Paul Ryan (R-Cheesehead) as Budget Victim. New York magazine’s The Cut (via The Missus) has tagged him as Fashion Victim: Everyone Agrees: Paul Ryan’s Style Is Awkward Now that Americans have had a couple days … Continue reading
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Tagged budget victim, fashion victim, New York, Paul Ryan, The Cut, The Missus
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Joe K 3.0 Comes To Our House
When the hardworking staff returned home from a post-prandial promenade last evening, we were met by a campaign card attached to our mailbox by some Joe Kennedy III acolyte. The front: The back: Is it just us, or does that … Continue reading
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Tagged eyewash, Joe K 3.0, Joe Kennedy III, QR code, Seinfeld over-under, The Missus, union bug
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Political Animals (Real World Edition)
On the debut night of The Hillary Chronicles (dba USA’s Political Animals), this was the homepage of the Drudge Report: To recap (upper left): From Reuters: Egyptians pelt Clinton motorcade with tomatoes From Yahoo! News: ‘Monica, Monica’ chants taunt Clinton … Continue reading
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Tagged CNN, Drudge Report, Egyptians, Hillary Clinton, Political Animals, Reuters, shoes, The Hillary Chronicles, The Missus, tomatoes, two Mehs, USA, Yahoo! News
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The Hardworking Staff Gets A Letter From Mitt Romney
From our Fan Mail from Some Flounder(ing Campaigns) desk Yesterday it was the Missus who received a money-grubbing letter from Ann Romney (via the Republican National Committee). Today it’s the hardworking staff receiving a money-grubbing letter from Mitt Romney (via … Continue reading
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