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You’d Better Bring Your Wetsuit

From Kenmore Station, an MBTA T stop, in Boston: Do you see that rather large chunk of blue? That is a river, you cannot walk in it. Okay, fine, drawing a circle is easier than drawing 70% of a circle and cutting it off at certain points but not that much easier. If someone is… Continue reading You’d Better Bring Your Wetsuit

I’m Getting Mixed Signals

Classic case of being overly clever: Okay, so you knew you would be selling new clothes. You knew there was a term for old/used clothes. Then you went with the term for old/used clothes to describe your store that sells new clothes? Alright, I get it, you’re trying to be clever, or something. I take… Continue reading I’m Getting Mixed Signals

Teaching a Phone to Talk (Part 3)

I have a smartphone. The auto-correct feature for typing is pretty good and allows you to add words to the dictionary it might not otherwise have. As it would be, I have 217 words that I’ve added to my dictionary and most of them are pretty silly/unnecessary. Here is the third part (check out the… Continue reading Teaching a Phone to Talk (Part 3)

The Ice Cream That Couldn’t Get Any Love

There is a delightful little ice cream stand in upstate New York called Country Cream (known locally as “The Penguin”). They sell some food too but that’s not really important right now. They have (what I’m told is) a rare machine—though I don’t remember the full story behind it—that can take a block of regular… Continue reading The Ice Cream That Couldn’t Get Any Love