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Monthly Archives: May 2012
Happy Birthday, Fenway Park!
Fenway Park is celebrating its one-hundred year anniversary this season! Both as a Red Sox fan and a fan of baseball, I’m obviously very proud of Fenway. I’m also kind of a nudge when it comes to factual inaccuracies. I … Continue reading
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Posted in Baseball, Math
Tagged basball, Boston, Fenway Park, glass houses, nudge, Red Sox
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Q&A with Matt Aromando
Some months ago I mentioned I now have a Tumblr. Lately I’ve posted in it a lot and even re-branded it (including a lovely lime-green background). Well, don’t worry guys, I haven’t forgotten about this blog and I even have a real … Continue reading
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The Sunshine Open Mic Podcast
I’m on two podcasts in two weeks? That’s a new record, with the old record being one (unless you count the short-lived, Cookies and Cakes, which I don’t). The other day I recorded The Sunshine Open Mic Podcast with fellow blogger … Continue reading
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Posted in Podcasts
Tagged comedy, Cookies and Cakes, open mic, stand-up, The Sunshine Open Mic Podcast, Tommy Sunshine
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Dr. Radio Show and Me
I love listening to a good podcast and as of yesterday I was on one too: The interview part is mostly about stand-up (my style, influences, and rookie-ness), then we talk about whatever and play a game with no name, … Continue reading
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Tough Luck
Check out this bike scene: I walked by this little disaster the other day. What I can gather is that a car hopped a curb, smashed into a “No Stopping” sign, and managed to crush a bike with said “No … Continue reading
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Posted in Photos
Tagged Bike Scene, bikes, Cambridge, car accident, Central Square, No Stopping, photos, RIP
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Rhymes with Orange
Aside from being an idea for a possible indie band or the name of an improv troupe, the idea of something that “rhymes with orange,” is that it doesn’t exist. Well come on people, poetic license! Artistic license (the broader … Continue reading
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Posted in Pet Peeves, Words, Writing
Tagged artistic license, death, orange, poetic license, poets, syringe
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May the Fourth
Today is, what I would guess, the nerdiest holiday of the year, “May the Fourth.” As in, May the Fourth be with you, a Star Wars related pun. I have a love/hate relationship with puns. They can be cheap humor, … Continue reading
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Posted in Blogging, Holidays
Tagged holidays, May the Fourth, nerds, puns, Star Wars, words
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Genericized!
I think we’ve all heard of this concept, a brand name that becomes the common term for something—like Band-Aid™, Hula hoop™, Tupperware™, Aspirin, etc. All of those are former or current brand names of things. They’re called genericized trademarks and I … Continue reading
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Posted in Words
Tagged aspirin, Band-Aid, brands, Bubble Wrap, genericized trademarks, Hacky Sack, heroin, Hula Hoop, Lava Lamp, marketing, Stetson, Taser, Tupperware
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