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We’re only so smart… so we need filters to simplify stuff in the world.
The nightly news filters all the stuff coming from Iraq and elsewhere. (If you don’t know what is happening in Darfur, then your news filter may be clogged)
Radio stations filter the universe of music and give us tunes (presumably) we want […]

I’ll see you at the game. (or at the bar if we don’t get in)
Out of town? I’ll snap some real-time photos.
UPDATE: Detroit wins 3 to 2

Given that blogs are meant to be a form of self expression, the following statistics are pretty depressing.

76% of you lemmings are using Internet Explorer

(depressing blog stats aside… these percentages are fairly typical of most web traffic from what I’ve read)
If you are using Microsoft Internet Explorer then you probably don’t see what is […]

The more popular your cable provider, the slower your internet service. My Comcast connection has become like molasses. Who knew the help would be equally slow.

So, I thought I’d send Comcast a (polite) note voicing my discontent. Of course, like each of the billion sites on the internet, you have to log in. […]

I was shocked and horrified on my weekly trip to Target this afternoon.

I don’t normally pay attention to the price of small everyday items but for some reason, the price of my favorite dental floss always stuck in my head. Probably because, unlike most other things in my life, the one I preferred happened […]

Today there is no sales tax in Massachusetts. Go buy something for less than $2500. But don’t take too long. It’s beautiful out there today.

About two weeks ago I spotted Philly born and bred The Roots & Talib Kwali on upcoming.org coming to Avalon. Ticketmaster reported the show sold-out. I decided to go down to Lansdowne street and look into buying tickets one the street. I was prepared to pay double the ticket price. Silly white boy. Tickets […]

Living in the city, and being in close proximity to many strangers, one overhears (involuntarily) many things. New York has an entire site devoted to the strange things one hears. From today:
He Is Almost Certainly Going to Wait
Girl in lacy red tank top, black bra and low-cut pants, with a lower-back tattoo, on cell: […]