Song: The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead
Record: Jobriath
Song: Lotion (cover of Greenskeeper's song)
Record: Sunsets on Empire
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You Can "Take" Classes Online With Me If You Want To
I write a lot about the pure drivel that stood for "education" in the 1970s. That's because the rest of my life has been preoccupied with un-learning all of that baloney. Last month, over a reunion weekend that we try to do every-so-often, I consulted with my three girlfriends (great loves of my life!). These are the lifelong friends, and Michelle, Colleen and Simone were there with me from Grades 1 through 8 when we were at the m…
This is The House That Carpenter Built: The Thing to Stranger Things
I hadn't seen The Thing in years. And all these years later, so many of my favorite creators call John Carpenter a big huge major influence, including the Ross and Matt Duffer, the Stranger Things guys. Of COURSE! Dude. D oes anybody else think the two stories dovetail so neatly that the thing in The Thing becomes the stranger things in Stranger Things? "We wanted something in the vein of the classic films we loved growing up," Ross …
In a column dated November 17, 1928
“I had been fed, in my youth, a lot of old wives' tales about the way
men would instantly forsake a beautiful woman to flock around a
brilliant one. It is but fair to say that, after getting out in the
world, I had never seen this happen."
— Dorothy Parker
Seasonal Defective Disorder
If you were thinking of me for this Christmas, and wondering how I'm doing, and if you're feeling particularly life-savior'y, I wear a size "I owe $1000 in medical bills with no plan on how to make that stop being a major source of debilitating anxiety."
Allston Christmas (*actual)
The tree is up at Jackson Mann! I think it gets all gussied 'n lighted up this weekend. The school kids make ornaments, the city puts lights on and there's usually some kind of lighting ceremony. Me and Joey attended one year when Mayor Menino was still kicking around (I liked him). So this means the Harvard Ave lights are about to flick on for the season. I'll go picture-taking next week. I love Christmas in Rock City! 🎄 *Note. T hi…
#ThrowbackThursday (Blogcast: April 10, 2018)
Here is one of my "Blogcast" posts from earlier in the year. Regular followers will know that I made an attempt to convert my blog to an audio-only format...no edits! But it didn't work. Because that was a truly terrible awful idea. And I am sure I'll try it again anyway, because I never learn, do I? This Blogcast, titled "We Got The President We Deserve," is about how digital marketers have been utilizing the data we…
President Trump accuses people
President Trump accuses people of changing their clothes and returning to cast additional ballots in disguise.
Thank you for your service, and your sacrifice: Grandpa DiPoala
The family is not close-knit. No one spoke of my grandfather James DiPoala; I was never told about his life, his years in service nor anything
about him or his personality. All I knew growing up was that Grandpa
DiPoala was "shell shocked" in the parlance of his time, and the reason he didn't live at home with Grandma was that he'd become
violent then deteriorated to the point
where he no longer recognized her or his child…
Spell check always wants to change my last name to "dipole."
"... a molecule in which a concentration of positive electric charge is separated from a concentration of negative charge."
#ThrowbackThursday Election Day 2012
Today's #Throwback is a photo snapped by Joe at our polling place, as he does. I think I have a photo of myself at most polls for the past 16 years since I got myself a Joe. Speaking of 2012 , is anyone else wondering just how strange it will be
to see Mitt Romney as a Senator now? I actually think he'll do okay as
soon as he uploads the Senator program into his central processing unit. Fucking Mitt Romney, am I right? ð›±
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