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I came across a collection of Polaroids from the ’60s of women who were applying for jobs at strip clubs. They are charming and evocative of how women looked back then. Fascinating!
Dana Milbank writes about New Year’s Eve on the campaign trail in Iowa in the Washington Post. Here he zeroes in on the GOP front runner. “Huckabee was the lone candidate to defy his image; the GOP populist who rails against the country-club set scheduled his early-evening party at, uh, […]
Lunchtime is prime time for web viewing, according to a story in today’s NY Times. Cube dwellers browse videos on websites all of the time but they ramp up viewing at this golden hour of noon. Marketers have found that people who watch products videos at noon are 30% more […]
Saturday at the cafe: A man meets a woman from a dating service. It looked like they enjoyed their coffee, but, no match. Then old pal Bill comes in, a regular. We sat for a coffee and then it was time to update the website we maintain for him. We […]
Last night with a sigh of relief I published my article about Vero Beach FL. I have tried to stick to a rule of publishing articles within a 30-day window after I return from a trip. I got back from Vero in late November, so this one was just about […]
It may be cold outside, but for Carlo and Nathan Cosme, it’s time for sledding on Beacon Field in Greenfield. This photo appeared in the Republican Newspaper yesterday!
I got a chance to read the WSJ last night and found another example of how industry is charging ahead with fantastic new ways to generate power using the sun and wind. It’s happening right near here at Hamilton Sundstrand, a division of United Technologies located in Connecticut. This company […]
We woke up on this first day of 2008 to a dribbling of snow, which has now turned into a torrent. Bummer, because today is our Open House at One Green Lane, and we’ve invited 30 people over to sip wine and nibble a spiral ham. Ugh! As I sit […]
I was up early watching the snow fall and had a chance to fall back in bed and read the latest issue of Wired. There was a small story about a man in Oklahoma City who films prostitutes and johns in action and posts them on YouTube. The story included […]
On the trip back up from NJ to South Deerfield, I found a Christian radio station in New York that featured shows about medical topics. One show was called Urology and You, and was hosted by a jolly Indian named Dr. Zafar Khan, and a guest OB/Gyn named Dr. Zuckerman. […]
When I bought my Nissan truck for the cafe, I didn’t realize that it was purely a short-radius vehicle. It’s great for popping back and forth from the house to the cafe, and sometimes for a jaunt down to Holyoke or Costco. But last night I took the rig on […]