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Walden Pond
Yesterday we walked around Walden Pond so that everyone could get a good appetite for the roast beast. The boys brought the marshmallow shooters they got for Christmas. They chased each other around the...
Merry Christmas!
We hope everyone is enjoying the holiday season. Here’s what we’re doing tonight – tracking Santa (from NORAD). That’s right after our traditional Christmas Eve fondue dinner (Cheese fondue with Chocolate fondue for dessert).
McCain Cantwell
Senators John McCain and Maria Cantwell have introduced legislation which would reinstate Glass-Steagall. The Glass-Steagall act was a law which was introduced after the Great Depression. It separated banks into different types and made...
Bostonian of the Year
Every year at this time, the Boston Globe puts together a list of 10 notable Bostonians of the year. This year’s top pick is Elizabeth Warren. She definitely would be high on my list...
Cellphone noodles
We were eating cheese and crackers one evening. There was a ginger mango white stilton cheese. We also had some sesame rice crackers. I really liked these flavors together. And I really wanted to...
OSTP vs. ACM
As part of President Obama’s Open Government Initiative, the Office of Science & Technology Policy is asking for feedback from the public about public access to the results of federally funded research. Unfortunately, the...
2009: Year in Review
It’s been a good year for the Garritys. Tom is a sophomore in high school and Peter is in 7th grade. They both tower over me at this point, and I’m beginning to get...
Big Fridge
The reason we were messing around with the plumbing arrived today. It looks like this: Isn’t it cute? It’s really big. That’s a problem. We live in a cape which was built in 1950....
