Monthly Archives: January 2011

Au Revoir Blizzard

January 2, 2011 – 6:50 pm

The 12/26 snowstorm paralyzed New York City. 24 inches of white was too much for the sanitation workers to handle. Streets and avenues in every borough were clogged by drifts. Plow crews were overwhelmed by the workload. 911 was besieged by emergency calls. The media accused the mayor of failure bordering on GW Bush’s response […]

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THE FIGHTER

January 2, 2011 – 6:13 pm

Christmas Day my nephew took my sister to see THE FIGHTER at the Dedham theaters. Her daughter and new boyfriend accompanied them to the show. Her husband and I bailed on the excursion to the newly-constructed multiplex. Neither of us liked crowds of popcorn eaters and the feel of sticky floors on our shoes. We […]

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Arturo Gatti vs Mickey Ward

January 2, 2011 – 5:06 pm
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