History 210, one of the online Yale courses, is my fave new jam. Maybe later I'll do a piece on it, if I can. If you "take" this class with me, we can dish about it real-time. No promises. Start here: https://oyc.yale.edu/history/hist-210
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…
I'd say that 6th grade was approximately the age when a poor-to-middling American Catholic school began to guide my squad towards current events and how we connect with history. We were but plaid-clad, doe-eyed whelps with brains of soft clay. Big respect for teachers in general, but double for those who steered Gen X , and threefold for teaching at a Catholic grade school. It was a wild, windy, sticky affair. I'm still not over it.
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Oblix Plans to Open in the Former Strega Italiano/Strip by Strega Space in
Boston's Park Plaza Area
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It looks like an upscale restaurant in London is going to be expanding to
Boston.
According to an article in The Boston Sun, Oblix is planning to open in...
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