Bitching about Boston

[gotsnowgotslush]

More snow showers, tonight ? Could be.

The local TV news is still buzzing about the Republican St. Patrick's Day gathering in Plymouth-

Plymouth County Sheriff Joseph D. McDonald Jr. entertained with a joke about Barack Obama-

Barack Obama is lying awake in be in The White House, wondering how his plans for change have gone so wrong,
when the ghost of George Washington appears to him.

Obama is unfazed and says: "Tell me, Mr President, "how can I best serve my country?

George Washington replies:"Never tell a lie."

Then the ghost of Thomas Jefferson appears and Obama asks: "Tell me, Mr Jefferson, how can I best serve my country?"

Jefferson replies: "Always put the People First."

Then Lincoln's ghost appears and Obama says:"
"Tell me, Mr Lincoln, how can I best serve my country?"

Lincoln replies: "Go to the theatre."

Sheriff McDonald, who spoke with The Patriot Ledger on Tuesday afternoon, said the backlash from the joke has been “absurd.”

“It was absolutely in jest,” McDonald said. “It was a joke. It wasn’t a new joke by any means.”

(Sheriff Mcdonald gave the old Republican saw about Democrats suggesting that Bush should go hunting
with Vice President Dick Cheney, who infamously shot one of his hunting partners in the face in 2006. )

Today, Sheriff McDonald told the TV news cameras that "it was just a joke."

 

[bumlicker]

a bigger storm coming?

on monday night perhaps a foot or more

 

[gotsnowgotslush]

March 20, 2012

Is this March or August? Temperatures may hit mid-80s on Thursday

The record is 79 degrees, set in 1945 for the warmest March 20 since 1872.

The temperature nearly reached a record in Worcester, though, rising to 75.

Close to the record of 77 set there in 1945.

(It hit 84F )

2012 ? Hot!

http://www.climatecentral.org/news/book-it-2012-the-hottest-year-on-record-15350

 

[gotsnowgotslush]

April 6, 1982 Snow!

March 31 and April 1, 1997 Boston Blizzard.

http://www.boston.com/news/weather/boston_snowfall_records/

April 14 to April 17, 2007 Nor' Easter

The Boston Marathon took place in what many considered to be the worst weather in its 110 year history.

IRS extends deadline to April 19 for storm victims

http://www.boston.com/business/ticker/2007/04/irs_extends_dea.html

April 1, 2011 Snow!

http://www.boston.com/news/local/ma...jokes_on_the_northeast_with_april_fools_snow/

 

[gotsnowgotslush]

27F, tonight. Is there still hope for Snow bunnies and snow eggs ?

http://weather.boston.cbslocal.com/US/MA/Boston/KBOS.html

Thank you, WBZ

 

[gotsnowgotslush]

Even people who study weather for a living, indulge in irrational exuberance.
"Put away your shovels, it will not drop below freezing again this Spring!"

It will drop to 26F, tonight. *Takes my grain of New England salt.*

 

[trysail]

A well-deserved indictment ! It is a capital offense.​

http://rankexploits.com/musings/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Indictment.png

 

[gotsnowgotslush]

The beaver, most likely has a lineage that is much longer than mine. I do not blame the lizard part of my brain, for mismatches.

PS- OK younglings. I know the weather is perfect for flip flops and Spring flings. Plan your escape from classes carefully.

In my day, we had someone pull the fire alarm. What do the younglings, do now ?

 

[gotsnowgotslush]

WTF ????

http://www.concordmonitor.com/news/...police-chief-resigns-immediately-amid-scandal

 

[gotsnowgotslush]

Why ? Because New England is thawing out.

First, came the zombie parades. Orderly, roaming gangs of pretend zombies. (It was not too cold, until October.)

October came, and the party moved indoors. Happy Halloween, with zombie costumes. Trick or Treat ?

Now, we have zombie and human roleplay. How do you stop a zombie ? Multiple head shots. With a Nerf gun.

How do the zombies communicate with each other ? Grunt, howl or text.

Only the people playing the human roles, have speaking parts, in this game.

Then , you have an incident- Reality meets role play.

These are college/university students. How did it not occur, to at least one role player, that mixing pretend role play
and a real life classroom in session, was a bad idea ?

You cannot avoid hearing about mass shootings and mass deaths at grade schools, middle schools, high schools, colleges and universities.

There are weapon checks at all of the schools, because children in pre-school do not understand that bringing daddy's gun
for show and tell is not appropriate. (Someone that young does not know enough to check the gun for bullets. )

What do you get, when someone did not get an email, a note, a phone call, to inform all that were concerned, that an elaborate game was planned.

University of Rhode Island was under lock down all day long, until everyone knew that a gunman was not stalking the halls,
looking to kill as many victims as possible.

 

[gotsnowgotslush]

Baggage Policy

Baggage such as bags, briefcases, backpacks, and luggage are strictly prohibited. Guests entering the Dunkin’ Donuts Center Providence
are subject to search at the discretion of Management. The Dunkin’ Donuts Center does not provide storage for any confiscated baggage.

Camera Policy
No cameras, video or audio recording devices are permitted on the Dunkin’ Donuts Center premises.

Food and Beverage Policy
Patrons of the Dunkin’ Donuts Center Providence are not permitted to bring food or beverages into the premises.

Guest Services
Guest Services is located on the concourse across from Section 128.

Prohibited Items
Drugs, weapons of any kind, baggage, noisemakers, or laser pointers are strictly prohibited at the Dunkin’ Donuts Center.

Reentry Policy
Guests will not be allowed to exit and re-enter the arena during an event.

Smoking Policy
The Dunkin’ Donuts Center is a smoke-free facility. Smoking is prohibited and violations will result in ejection from the arena without a refund.

I think that rules out Zombie VS Human role play, at the Green Day concert
on April 9, 2013.

http://www.greenday.com/tour

http://www.dunkindonutscenter.com/about-us/building-policies/

 

[dougsan]

gotsnowgotslush you read like a transplane rather than a New Englander. When we get Spring, every 10 years or so, it is equivalent to the stories of the Garden of Eden (except for the black flies). We do get some of the most beautiful winters to be seen in the USA and certainly the best Falls, when we have a good Fall. Mother Nature prefers New England, from Mass. to the Canadian border across Vermont, NH and Maine. She has made us a strong, hardy group of individuals who always help our neighbors without expecting even recognition for our acts. I was born here, NE, and after living in a lot of places in many parts of the US and the world this is where I belong.

I hope you do to.

 

[gotsnowgotslush]

Waiting for Spring- When will I be able to plant something ?
Weather predictions came true. It dropped to 27F, that night.

Apr 6
Sat
Sunny / Wind

Sunny / Wind

45°F High
at 4:45 pm

29° Low
at 8:05 am

Will tonight include a freezing night, that kills the pretty plants ?

This is New England. Anything is possible. Use the cold frame. Or wait, for awhile.

http://www.weather.com/weather/today/New+Boston+NH+USNH0157:1:US

 

[gotsnowgotslush]

The BU bridge will be closed. For six months. *shakes head*

The Tobin bridge will be narrowed down. One lane missing.

Soon, there will be news about which roads will be repaired.

Here we go, again.

 

[gotsnowgotslush]

Paul Williams-

"The son of a physicist who met his wife at the top-secret Manhattan Project in Los Alamos, N.M.,
Williams was born May 19, 1948, in Boston and grew up in Cambridge, Mass."

At 17, Williams was the founder and editor of Crawdaddy, a tiny journal of rock criticism whose first edition he mimeographed
in a friend's Brooklyn basement and distributed to record stores, clubs and concert halls. Williams, who beat Rolling Stone to
press by more than 18 months and is now widely credited as a pioneer of serious rock writing.

Williams was a prolific author, with more than 25 books to his credit, including a three-volume work about Dylan.
An avid science-fiction fan, Williams also wrote a biography of his friend, the writer Philip K. Dick.

He published Crawdaddy from 1966 to 1968 and revived it as a quarterly, mail-order journal in 1993.
It now appears as a blog on pastemagazine.com, a music and culture website.

R.I.P Paul Williams

http://articles.latimes.com/2013/mar/31/local/la-me-paul-williams-20130401

 

[gotsnowgotslush]

Same Dunkin Donuts, in the same location. 1950- 2013 You can still twirl on the swivel stools.

 

[BlueEyesInLevis]

I never knew it was possible to tax too much in Boston

 

[gotsnowgotslush]

4/10/013

TBHAssociation @VLiTBHA @New England Aquarium @Boston Harbor Cruises on
@chronicle5 tonight at 7:30 p.m. talking about climate change preparedness.

Boston has some new signs-"Wicked High Tide"

Because Deer Island dumped raw sewerage into Boston Harbor, they moved the waste water treatment plant.

Stuff that used to be installed in the base level of buildings, has been moved to the roof.


http://www.tbha.org/preparing-rising-tide-report

"Preparedness plans need to be robust enough to handle any future condition, and/or flexible enough to change over time
to meet needs as they arise. Ideally they include “no-regret” and co-benefit” solutions that extend beyond flood control
goals. Cost-effective preparedness plans will result in both “here and now” and “prepare and monitor” actions based on
threshold triggers such as sea level rise."

Discussions-

Climate change impacts in New England and coastal flooding vulnerability analyses for Boston Harbor,
State policies on climate change and mitigation measures underway, and
Adaptation options.

 

[gotsnowgotslush]

#117

Fun and games in Copley Square. "Look out, below."

http://www.boston.com/sports/marathon/course/finisharea/

Who, will win this year ?

 

[gotsnowgotslush]

Eleven thousand years before the Invasion of America, Native Americans survived in New England

France, England, Holland, Spain

1562 Queen Elizabeth caught smallpox and was left with scars on her face

1569 Duc d' Alencon was seriously ill with smallpox which left him permanently scarred

1614 Thomas Hunt kidnapped several Wampanoag and later sold them in Spain
Squanto went back to Massachusetts, only to discover that, in his absence, epidemics had killed everyone in his village.

1616 Eighty per cent of Native Americans on Atlantic coast die in epidemics

1620 Wampanoag tribe suffers

After anchoring off Cape Cod on November 11, 1620, a small party was sent ashore to explore. Pilgrims in every sense of the word,
they promptly stumbled into a Nauset graveyard where they found baskets of corn which had been left as gifts for the deceased.

1633-1634 an epidemic devastated all of the region's Native population

1640
Natives even partially resistant to the Puritan version of Christianity were unwelcome. Attendance at church was mandatory,
clothing and hair changed to proper colonial styles, and even a hint of traditional ceremony and religion was grounds for expulsion.

Permission to live, hunt, cultivate crops, harvest timber, collect furs- does not mean that you own the land

VS

My King has given me title to this land

War Begins- 1675

John Sassamon who betrayed Philip's plot to the English and was subsequently found murdered in Assawampsetts Pond.
It was the execution of three Indians, thought to be the murderers, friends of Tuspaquin and Philip, that started
the King Philip War. Sassamon was the Benedict Arnold of his nation, and his family paid the price of being
rejected by their own people. Not only was Sassamon hated by the Indians but his son-in-law, Felix,
fought for the English.

Hingham, MA

After 30 years of trouble , Indian chief Josiah Wompatuck who deeded the land to English Settlers in 1665

July 17, 2011
Thirty-five years ago, visitors to Wompatuck State Park could still find open munitions storage bunkers and rusting barrels
of toxic materials - remnants from a period when the military used the site to store ammunition and assemble explosives.
According to the park’s historians, the Navy also tested missile parts there in the early years of the Cold War
and experimented with rocket fuels.

Bear Cove, Hingham MA

Clean fresh water sources, functioning salt grass meadow, clean bay. Bears feed.

1629 Puritans

A village in Hingham, England empties out

Evidently, all the planning and site work was finished by July 1635 for, at that point, “a plantation was erected at Bare Cove.”
On Sept. 2, 1635, the General Court at Boston officially changed the name of Bare Cove to Hingham.

A little more than two weeks later, on Sept. 18, 1635, Rev. Peter Hobart and 29 other settlers drew for house lots and also
received other lands for pasture, crops, etc. Of course there were already several settlers here cozily situated in their homes
that had been built in 1633 and 1634. It stands to reason they did not draw lots on Sept.18, 1635. It is possible that those
settlers had settled on lots that were on a plan made in either 1633 or 1634. If Peter Hobart and his band of settlers sailed
into the “Cove” thinking that they were taking possession of a virgin land they would have certainly got a shock when they
saw a group of Lincoln’s, Gibbs, Smiths, Roberts and Jacobs, etc. waving to them from the shore."

1681 They still fear attacks from Native Americans. The Meeting House is a primitive wood timbered fort.

The Old Ship Church is the oldest meetinghouse in continuous ecclesiastical use in the United States.

375th anniversary of Hingham, MA ?

http://www.wickedlocal.com/hingham/...dding-light-on-The-Early-Period#axzz2QARR4865

 

[gotsnowgotslush]

Filene's project to resume as major tenant signed

04/12/2013

http://www.boston.com/news/local/

The long-stalled Filene's redevelopment in downtown Boston will resume within days, as the project's developer
has signed the advertising firm Arnold Worldwide to occupy a large chunk of (a spit, a smirk and a promise ?)...

Vornado, the destructive corporation and the scam artist who owns it, teamed up with developer Millennium Partners.
(Do I hear snickering, now that Millenium Partners will share a 50/50 split with Vornado ?) Downtown Crossing is a sad,
depressing place. Seven years of living with a gigantic pit scooped out of a vital shopping district.

Vornado promised Boston a copy of Trump Towers. What Vornado did was tear the heart out of a tourist destination.
Vornado held the city of Boston up, for free money from the city. Then left town for bigger pickings in New York.

Vornado washed their hands of Boston property, last year. Sold it off. Promised Boston, once again, that there
would be a tower with residences, stores, and offices. July 10, 2006 Vornado bought the Filenes site.

Vornado gathered cash from cities, all over the United States. Mayors of these cities were faced with a problem.

"Nice shopping district you got there. It would be a pity, if something were to "happen" to it."

Steve Roth could not have been less subtle, if he had parked an valuable 1908 antique car outside of Filenes, with the engine ripped out.

April 5, 2013

Casino gambling comes to Suffolk Downs racing track

Vornado principals did not agree to participate in the Phase I MGC background check.

They were advised to divest of their interest in Suffolk, which they agreed to do.

Vornado had a nearly 20 percent stake in Suffolk Downs for the last several years and has been a key investor
during the track’s most recent pursuit of a resort casino license.

http://www.chelsearecord.com/2013/04/05/vornado-bows-out-of-casino/

 

[gotsnowgotslush]

Boston has Spring fever. It was a madhouse, down at Faneuil Hall. Everything is happening, at once.

The Marathon, is adding more visitors. The younglings have Spring Break.

Youngling females, indulging in One Direction madness.

“This is our fourth store here in the United States,” said William Stone, the store’s manager.

The band itself will not be in Boston, but they will be coming at the end of June to perform at the Comcast Center.

The pop-up shop will be open until the beginning of May.

"The Boston store will be the 17th 1D World globally, joining London, Barcelona, New York and Toronto among others."

http://www.faneuilhallmarketplace.com/event/1d-world-pop-up-store/2145412637

Big Apple Circus
March 26, 2013

March 26-May 12 at City Hall Plaza

Red Sox fans, all over the place.

 

[gotsnowgotslush]

Rupert Murdoch puts Cape Cod Times up for sale
April 3, 2013

The 77-year old Cape Cod Times was first published by businessman J.P. Dunn and Basil Brewer on October 19, 1936
as the Cape Cod Standard-Times, and was distributed jointly on the Cape with The New Bedford Standard-Times until
the end of 1970. It was first published as an independent daily for Cape Cod on January 1, 1971 and renamed the
Cape Cod Times on September 2, 1975.

Media experts had predicted it all along, Rupert Murdoch has no interest in publishing the Cape Cod Times and the rest
of the Ottaway Newspaper chain which includes the Barnstable Patriot, Nantucket Inquirer & Mirror and the
New Bedford Standard-Times. His decision comes as no surprise since Mr. Murdoch was quoted in the past
for referring to the group as "those silly, little Ottaway Newspapers."

http://www.capecodtoday.com/article/2013/04/03/17982-murdoch-puts-cape-cod-times-sale

 

[gotsnowgotslush]

Where were all the power failures located, this Winter. Copley Square. What happened to the Boston Marathon, today ?

An enormous explosion. At the finish line of the Boston Marathon in Copley Square. The problem with the power plants was not fixed.

Thank you so very much, power company executives. Did you get a great big bonus for being cheap and saving money for your corporation ?

gah *disgusted* What does the 1% care, if some runners and spectators get injured ? Manhole covers launched in the air by underground explosions?

It was a warning, and no one has taken it seriously. Repeated instances, going back ten years.

 

[gotsnowgotslush]

Mass Ave closed. Green Line T stopped.

http://livewire.wcvb.com/Event/117th_Running_of_Boston_Marathon