Through The Glass, Brightly

The plate has been full all summer, and the weekday weather mainly miserable.
So there’s only one thing I can do that is satisfying, semi-outdoors, not work-related, and doesn’t require too much thought.
Windows.
I’ve been doing windows this week and loving it, mainly for the instant gratification (first there’s dirt, then there’s not) that I have written of before.
The [...]

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The Last Laugh

Yes Jose, you are vindicated.

David Ortiz had himself quite a day.  Accused of having used performance-enhancing drugs in 2003, he went out and hit a game-winning home run.
After the game, he released a statement that said, in part:  “Based on the way I lived my life I’m surprised to learn I tested positive.  I will [...]

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Let’s Make It Real Stupid

BOSTON (AP) — A Massachusetts congressman is using President Barack Obama’s planned “beer summit” with a white police officer and a black scholar to make a pitch for local brews. Democratic Rep. Richard Neal of Springfield sent a letter to the president suggesting he serve Sam Adams beer at his meeting Thursday with Harvard professor [...]

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Something New. Again.

For someone who is relatively resistant to change, I’ve sure been through a lot of it lately. 
As I hope you’ve seen on the air, we are still settling into our beautiful new high def home.  We’re still working out some kinks, but things are going quite well as we adapt to a different environment.
And now, [...]

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What Daddy Did

If somehow, someday Ashonti Johnson and Keilyn Figueroa ever meet, they could have this conversation:
“When I was 2, the police said my Daddy got drunk and got mad at my Mom, so he threw me and my baby brother in a dumpster.”
“Oh, that’s nothing.  See these scars?  When I was 8 months old, my Daddy confessed [...]

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The Monster Mash

I spent a very pleasant 2 hours and 36 minutes of my Sunday afternoon among 37,606 people at Fenway Park, watching the Red Sox lose to the lowly Birds of Baltimore, 6-2.
Later, it occured to me that the fact that the Red Sox lost was lost in the midst of a wonderful experience at the [...]

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I Am Pathetic

The message I got Wednesday:  “Cancel your Sunday golf.  Monster seats.”  Click.
Say no more.  And there we were on Sunday.  High atop the Monster at Fenway Park.
 
So why is someone who has made his living on television for more than 30 years as happy as a twelve-year-old to see himself on TV at Fenway Park?  [...]

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People On The Perimeter

Close friends and family make a difference in our lives, but it’s the people on the perimeter of our lives…the people who come and go…who add the seasoning.
I was reminded of that this week when I saw an obituary in the paper for Peter A. Southwick of Somers.  He was 80.  Pete was a broker who delivered the financial news [...]

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Separate and Unequal

In an industry that loves to honor its own, Lesley Visser of CBS Sports was voted last week as the top female sportscaster in the nation by the American Sportscasters Association.
I’m sure it was well deserved, because I’ve been a Visser fan since 1974, when she started covering sports for the Boston Globe.  She has always been a [...]

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Kind Of A Brush With The Semi-Famous

My wife has been a flight attendant for a long time, and she’s encountered the famous, near-famous, and infamous over the years.  They’re usually sitting in first class, and when they’re not (“Do you know who I am?”), they’re trying to convince her they should be.
She has a strict personal policy of not making idle [...]

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