News?

I know that there have been newsroom cuts, layoffs, buyouts and other things at the Boston Globe.  The changing business of news has affected many newspapers in this way.  What saddens me is that instead of the remaining staff focusing on putting out good, quality news stories, they are pressed into things like blogging about [...]

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Home alone, but a minor

I am:

Not a fan of government involvement in my personal life.
Not a fan of breaking the law without good reasons (think civil disobedience).
Not a fan of being legally responsible for another individual who clearly has a mind of their own.
Not a fan of children throwing things at my vehicle as I operate it within my [...]

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Swans on a Plane!

“Two hundred people a year die from mute swans,” Mertz countered. “They box you very hard with their wings.”
So what? A swan isn’t going to drop into my boat from a tree and bite me. It isn’t going to hide under a log waiting for me to step on it. It isn’t going to find [...]

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Things you can’t think out loud.

Oh, the things that go through my head sometimes. The random associations, the odd thoughts, but I bet I’m not alone. You think funny things too – you just don’t share them.

Has anyone else noticed that the UK MOD satellite system is named SkyNet? Really. How long before it starts talking to Roombas?
Why [...]

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Pinky’s Retirement, Welcome Nightwing

For ~20 years, I have had a faithful bicycle, Pinky.  She is a Raleigh “sport-touring” bicycle with an aluminium frame, built in the US.  Despite two significant accidents, she was never injured.  I rode her to work.  I rode her in criteriums.  I rode her in triathlons.  I did long-distance training and hill training with [...]

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