from the desk of stinkpot

woohoo, i’ve actually received some responses from city council members concerning the private reservation of public parking spots following a snow storm. council member craig kelly wrote: Lawrence- I forwarded your email to Lisa Peterson of DPW (Lpeterson@Cambridgema.gov). In the past there’s been talk about picking ‘street furniture’ up when it’s saving spaces, but I’m […]

it’s funny: christina and i were both thinking yesterday that we’d finally gotten used to boston. perhaps it’s the fact that the red sox are deep in hibernation, but nonetheless, we thought that spending the next several years here might not be so trying after all. but then, following yesterday’s blizzard, we saw the folding […]

having successfully tended to our plants for the past couple of weeks, christina and i have decided to get some more interactive pets. of course, a dog or a cat would be ideal, but would also violate the terms of our lease. i’ve had some bad rodent experiences too; the last one i had (childhood) […]

i’d always thought it silly to buy bottled water in non-third world nations; tap water is probably just as clean and free. in any case, yahoo news has decided to run a story about the sham that is bottled water. get enlightenified here. if you’re too busy/lazy to make the jump, here’s a pretty juicy […]