On a Lighter Note…

Yeah, I caught quite a bit of the dog-and-pony show that was the Congressional hearing on steroids. On one hand, I agree with those who wonder why Congress is wasting time and money looking into it. On the other, I’m glad they are wasting their time (if not the money) on this and not screwing…

They had said it would arrive at 2:00 pm this afternoon. Now it’s projected to arrive at 6:00 pm, thereby pre-empting the opportunity for work day mayhem. Nevertheless, this is the radar loop to track the storm. And for those of us working until 6:00 or later today, here are DOT highway cameras to keep…

If your looking for a good quality beer sometime over the weekend, Ian may have some pointers for you as he discusses Rhode Island’s contributions to the burgeoning craft beer movement. He also places craft beer making (and imbibing) into a wider social and cultural context: … the craft beer movement represents meritocracy at work,…

I think they’re managing to bring Lost back from the dead. That is all.

Think you’ve got what it takes to win an election? Well, try your hand at a campaign flash game. (It would have been better if the candidates had different attacks…)

Rejoice, flying saucer buffs. Following the example of France this past March, the British Ministry of Defense is releasing its U.F.O. files. The public opening of the MoD archive will expose the once highly classified work of the intelligence branch DI55, whose mission was to investigate UFO reports and whose existence was denied by the…

Nobody who knows him will have any difficulty picking out the quotation from Rocco DiPippo from the Sakonnet Times‘s “Who said it?” list of “memorable quotes overheard around our cities and towns in 2007”: “I even ate sugared grasshoppers at a Sportsmen’s banquet in Maine.” “I had no thoughts in my head except to kill…

Official Notification of the Contest Judges December 31, 1987 Dear Mr. Morse: Thank you for your submission to our “Future of New England” essay contest. Unfortunately, we are unable to include your submission in our final collection. While your extrapolations about New England becoming a world-class leader in the areas of alternative energy (especially wind…

For the second year in a row, I predict more mayhem than usual for last-minute Christmas shoppers. Christmas this year falls on a Tuesday, meaning that all of the slackers who waited until the last weekend before starting their shopping (I’ve heard that such people exist) are going to realize within the next 48-hours that…