Monthly Archives: March 2013

Coyote Crazy

March 18, 2013 – 7:59 pm

Wiley the Coyote survived countless seemingly fatal disasters during his cartoon career. None of his plans to capture the Roadrunner ended in success, despite the aid of the Acme Corporation. Wild dogs in Thailand are much less lucky and this past summer I hit one outside of Chai-nat. Thump. I thought it was dead and […]

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Sounds of Massachusetts

March 18, 2013 – 7:08 pm

A 2007 article by Laura Barton in the UK Guardian suggested that the Modern Lovers ROADRUNNER should be the state song of Massachusetts. Such a good idea took time to fester in the minds of Bay State residents, but a local politician picked up the torch for the underground hit extolling riding on “Route 128 […]

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Zai Jian Fung Wah Bye Bye

March 18, 2013 – 5:43 pm

On March 4 the mythic bus line Fung Wah was shut down by the Feds, who cited the Boston-based company’s reluctance to open their safety records to inspectors, who discovered cracks in the drive axle and engine cradle in eight of the nine buses tested in late January. The $15 bus ride between Boston and […]

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God’s WC

March 15, 2013 – 7:56 pm

A drunk staggers into a Catholic Church, enters a confessional booth, sits down, but says nothing. The Priest coughs a few times to get his attention, but the drunk continues to sit there. Finally, the Priest pounds three times on the wall. The drunk mumbles, “Ain’t no use knockin, there’s no paper on this side […]

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The Dirty War Of Francis I

March 15, 2013 – 6:45 pm

“Let anyone without sin throw the first rock.” In John 7.8 the New Testament cited the Christian Messiah admonishing any angry mob set on stoning an adulteress. Few people are without sin. Certainly not I in deed and thought, however the recently elected Pope Francis I has been accused by reporters from the Guardian of […]

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