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Back in Massachusetts…

…where even the yellow labs lack enthusiasm for 90 degree heatwaves:

…where the lovebirds nest:

…where the mangs get older and wiser:

Also: I have a sunburn.

And Lauren Ross moves here in ONE MONTH. You’re [...]

No home-court advantage for this girl

Going to MIT with my software-engineering amateur astronomer father and night vision goggle-inventing physics-enthusiast grandfather tomorrow. Today, I listened to them debate the merits of a Lexus that looked “too Japanese” (I hear the Hello-Kitty seat covers come standard now).

Next holiday weekend, we are SO going to get pedicures and discuss the historical impact of the [...]

Ughh

Spent Saturday in central NH photographing fall foliage with my camera set to the lowest resolution possible. Monday [...]

In the Land of Submarines

I can remember being 3 or 4, becoming completely obsessed with Yellow Submarine. My dad, ever the musical maverick had a newfangled CD player and a few of these round mirrored thingies that i was NOT allowed to touch. I ditched my Baby Beluga tape soon after, and fell irreversibly in love with John Lennon. I [...]

Recent Events, part 2.

So after about 6 months of not taking personal or vacation days, I decided to choose last week to do so. It was the week after which I had 3 days off for the wake and funeral, so, yes, I had 5 days off in 10 days of work. Shush, you.

I went up to the beach [...]

Recent events, part 1.

I’ve been lucky in my life to not have been too surprised by death. Minimal tragic accidents, no swine flu, no suicides- we mostly get cancer and old age deaths in my family. Passing away has never really sneaked up on me, and last week was no exception. My mother’s father, Grampy, died after a battle [...]

Too cool for words.

There is something so arresting about the sunlight in Boston in July. It usually rains quite a bit here in May and June, so when the sun pokes through and the puddles dry up, the brightness is almost unbearable. The sun never really bothered me as a kid: I have pretty squinty eyes so I could [...]

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