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A Kazoo at the Zoo
The Boston Public Library has put a lot of its photographs online. Because we need something silly, here’s a kazoo-playing simian from the Franklin Park Zoo circa 1971:
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This Could End Badly: The Klutz Edition
Walking to lunch in Cambridge, MA, I saw this car: in the parking lot of a supply factory/warehouse. Don’t drop anything!
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Fatty Food Isn’t Only Bad for Human Arteries…
…but also city arteries. REcently, I finished P.D. Smith’s City: A Guidebook for the Urban Age, and I ultimately managed to dig up this delightful story about what was clogging part of the London sewer...
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Garden Furniture For All?
Observed on Commonwealth Mall, between Exeter and Fairfield streets: It lasted for over 24 hours….
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The Recliner Monologues: A Political Debate Proposal
Because it takes a certain kind of person to yell at an empty chair. But I’m getting ahead of myself. By now, you might have heard of Clint Eastwood’s bizarre Republican National Convention speech...
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These Shoes Are Not Made For Walking
Observed on Marlborough Street, Back Bay, Boston: Maybe some people are just really fast?
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Commonwealth Ave. Has the World’s Largest Charcoal Briquettes
No, really it does: The alternative–that these are dog turds–is too terrifying to contemplate… (actually, I have no idea what the hell these are; they seem to be asphalt)
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Halloween Treats Come Early: Dogs on Parade
For the last two years, the Esplanade Association of Boston has hosted “Dogs on Parade“, wherein dogs are subjected to ridiculous Halloween costumery and paraded around Boston’s Esplanade. Since the...
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This Is the Weirdest Exclusion Criterion EVAH!
No lefties need apply: No idea what left-handedness has to do with this….
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My Green Line Commute Isn’t This…Interesting: The ‘Crop Circle’ Edition
Remember this incident the next time you hear someone complaining about how transit workers get paid too much: Waiting for the T at Boylston and saw a guy pee in a circle around him yelling, "iz mah...
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The Grey Lady and David Brooks Made a Typo
While my take on the NY Times‘ David Brooks is that one should read his columns for the pictures–and since there are no pictures in his columns, you would be better off not reading them at all, I did...
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An Inalienable Right to Not Be Insulted By Public Servants?
Having lived in a few states, I find that the Massachusetts Legislature is actually one of the more competent legislative bodies in the U.S. Mind you, that’s mostly damning with faint praise....
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Someone Went Into Battle With Only One Boot On…
…and I think I found the other boot: (by the Capitol Reflecting Pool, Washington D.C.) I can understand finding a small child’s shoe: they instinctively find ways to lose footwear. But this was a size...
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Oh Boy
So this is a thing that is happening: “The Package.” No, really. “The Package.” Discuss.
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Patrick Says Hi
Or maybe someone is saying hi to Patrick: (observed on Broadway, Kendall Square, Cambridge)
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If Science Doesn’t Work Out…
I’ve been reading a lot of good, albeit somewhat depressing, posts about careers in science. I’m trying to string them together into something coherent. In the meantime, I have discovered, by way of...
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Forget Carl Sagan, Give Me Marlin Perkins
Among the science writer fraternity, there was a minor fracas over Carl Sagan as Supreme Science Communicator. Erin Podolak argued that Carl Sagan isn’t really relevant anymore: I’m not saying I don’t...
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Purloined Produce on Pinckney Street
Beacon Hill’s Pinckney Street is quite the eventful place. First, there’s some passive-aggressive conflict over poop collection. Now, we have purloined gourds: Don’t mess with the decorative gourds,...
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How Is This Even a Thing?
There are a lot of weird Guinness World’s Records, but I don’t even know how someone came up with this category: John and Amy Bruney became the new champs Thursday in the category of one person...
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