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My Lawn is Greener Than Yours

16Aug08

I recently reduced my carbon footprint. Did I buy a Prius? No. I could never afford the sticker price. Did I inflate my tires to the proper pressure? The answer is a flat no. Did I install a clothesline in my back yard? Sure – strung between my two windmills. Did I buy a bunch […]

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Tags: Al Gore, carbon credit, carbon footprint, Climate Change, compact fluorescent, Daily Item, energy conservation, Global Warming, lawn mower, lawn mowers, polar bears, Prius, Wakefield Daily Item, Wakefield Item, windmills

A Warm, Funny Evening on ‘The Porch’

22May08

Sentimental comedy about seniors at Stoneham Theatre It doesn’t hurt that playwright/director Jack Neary’s sentimental comedy about senior citizens is set in a working-class eastern Massachusetts neighborhood and features five characters who, to those who grew up in this area, will be as familiar as their own neighbors. But “The Porch” is also a very […]

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Tags: Cheryl McMahon, comedy, drama, Ellen Colton, Humor, Jack Neary, John Davin, Massachusetts, play, Porch, Richard Snee, senior citizens. seniors, Sheriden Thomas, Stoneham, Stoneham MA, Stoneham Theatre, The Porch

“Committed” Cable Companies & Price “Adjustments”

08Feb08

Every year at around this time, just as the shock of your holiday debt is beginning to set in, the telecoms (formerly known as the cable companies) send out their own Season’s Greetings – in the form of a rate “adjustment.” Somehow, the rates never seem to get adjusted down.

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Tags: cable companies, cable rates, cable television, cable TV, cable TV rates, Comcast, Daily Item, FiOS TV, Jason Whittet, Jill Reddish, verizon, Wakefield Board of Selectmen, Wakefield Daily Item, Wakefield Item

My 15 Minutes of Microfame

19Jan08

Clive Thompson recently wrote a piece for Wired.com called The Age of Microcelebrity: Why Everyone’s a Little Brad Pitt. “Microcelebrity,” Thompson explains, “is the phenomenon of being extremely well known not to millions but to a small group — a thousand people, or maybe only a few dozen. As DIY media reach ever deeper into […]

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Tags: blog, blogs, Canada, fast food, Guardian, Humor, humour, London Guardian, McWanks, microcelebrity, microfame, microfamous, restaurant, restaurant name, restaurant names, restaurants, Watson Lake, Word of Mouth

WHO WILL BE THE PRESIDENT OF MySpace?

11Jan08

Now that the New Hampshire Primary is over, we in Massachusetts may get a very short break from the barrage of “approved messages” on Boston TV and radio stations that have been aimed primarily at voters in the Granite State. Any respite will be short lived, however, with the Massachusetts primary less than a month […]

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Tags: Barack Obama, Bill Richardson, blog, blogs, campaign, candidate, candidates, change, Daily Item, Democrat, election, Facebook, flickr, George Bush, George W. Bush, Hillary Clinton, Iowa, Iowa caucuses, JFK, John Edwards, John F. Kennedy, John McCain, Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, MySpace, New Hampshire, NPR, President, President Bush, presidential primaries, presidential primary, primaries, primary, Republican, Richard Nixon, Ron Paul, Rudy Giuliani, vote, voting, Wakefield Daily Item, Wakefield Item, Wakefield news, Wakefield newspaper, Wakefield newspapers, YouTube

YOU’RE SO VAIN

22Dec07

I like vanity license plates in the same way as I like weddings and children. They’re lots of fun as long as they’re not my own. I would never have a vanity license plate on my car. It’s not just that I’m too cheap, although that’s part of it. And it’s not because of an […]

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Tags: automobile, automobiles, car plate, car plates, Daily Item, license plate, license plates, number plate, number plates, personalised license plate, personalised license plates, personalized license plate, personalized license plates, vanity plate, Wakefield Daily Item, Wakefield Item, Wakefield news, Wakefield newspaper, Wakefield newspapers

QUANNAPOWITT CASINO REVISITED

02Oct07

I am nothing if not ahead of my time. On April 1, 1999, I wrote a column about filling in the Lake and building the “Quannapowitt Casino.” In spite of the date on the newspaper, some people in town actually thought it was a serious proposal. Back then, the state’s economy was booming, cities and […]

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Tags: casino, Daily Item, gambling, Lake Quannapowitt, Massachusetts, Quannapowitt, Wakefield, Wakefield Daily Item, Wakefield Item, Wakefield MA, Wakefield Mass, Wakefield Massachusetts, Wakefield news, Wakefield newspaper, Wakefield newspapers

COMEDY FESTIVAL AT STONEHAM THEATRE July 26-28, 2007

26Jul07

Wakefield’s Paul D’Angelo among comedians Having established a solid reputation for its professional dramatic and musical theater productions, Stoneham Theatre continues to expand the variety of its entertainment offerings. This week, Stoneham Theatre ventures into the world of stand up comedy, as Sandy Hackett’s Comedy Festival brings to the stage ten of the top comedians […]

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EVIL MOM

22Jun07

Apparently “Soccer Mom” wouldn’t fit.

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COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS 2007

11Jun07

Graduation season is upon us, and it’s once again time for the unqualified to dispense pearls of wisdom to the disinterested. So don your caps and gowns, take your seats and try to stay awake.

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Archive for the ‘Humor’ Category

My Lawn is Greener Than Yours

A Warm, Funny Evening on ‘The Porch’

“Committed” Cable Companies & Price “Adjustments”

My 15 Minutes of Microfame

WHO WILL BE THE PRESIDENT OF MySpace?

YOU’RE SO VAIN

QUANNAPOWITT CASINO REVISITED

COMEDY FESTIVAL AT STONEHAM THEATRE July 26-28, 2007

EVIL MOM

COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS 2007

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