Last Night’s Winner
I’m pretty fuzzy headed this morning. It was a late night last night. There was a lot of good news in the end, but it’s clear that the big winner was Emily’s List. Hopefully...
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Election Night Bingo Cards
Sanjeev Kumar put together this nice, interactive guide for tracking the election results tomorrow night. As you check off swing states, it keeps track of how many different paths each candidate has left. If...
Why I Blog
I really enjoyed a recent post by James Somers called More people should write. I think it captures an important part of why I got hooked on blogging. Knowing you’re going to write things...
Storm Damage
Now that Sandy has left town, everyone has been out surveying the damage. We actually got off pretty lightly. That’s probably because last year’s Halloween storm (and all the tree work afterwards) cleared out...
Boston Book Festival
Chris & I had a great time at the Boston Book Festival last weekend. We went to the Church of the Covenant to hear Robin Young interview Alexander McCall Smith. Ostensibly, he was talking...
Wrong Turn
It looks like someone got lost. Actually, we were at the Head of the Charles today. Mini was one of the sponsors this year, and they brought this boat along. Here’s another picture.
Banned in Lake Wobegon
It’s a good thing all the children are above average, because they’re going to get left out of the latest revolution in education. Minnesota’s Office of Higher Education has ruled that online courses (MOOC’s) ...
Crazy Water
Mike is reading A Culinary Traveller in Tuscany by Beth Elon. It includes a bunch of recipes from the region, so I took a look through it when I needed an idea for something...
TED Alternatives
Have you watched all of the TED Talk videos? Have you been looking for some other source of bite sized “big ideas” in web video format? There are alternatives out there. For example, The...
