It's Ovah!

If you didn't live in Boston at some time during the Big Dig, then you will not appreciate the fact that it will officially be complete as 2007 ends. When I was in college from '98-'02, I thought I would never see it happen. Hmm, I guess I didn't. I moved out of Boston in November of 2004.

This is pretty awesome -

"A study by the Turnpike Authority found the Big Dig cut the average trip through Boston from 19.5 minutes to 2.8 minutes."

Here's a great article on the history of the project from The Christian Science Monitor.

Hyuck hyuck hyuck. A dootley doo. Put some fried on that.

I think that's how real rednecks talk. I don't really have to worry about offending them since they think the internet is the lining inside one's bathing suit.

I can't since I'm an independent, but please don't vote for this guy in the primary if you're a Republican. Huckabee? Seriously, I would be too embarrassed to tell people I was American if this were the White House Christmas card.

Medford's Own

Bloomberg might still take a shot at the presidency. Campaigning has changed so dramatically from even recent contests that I think he really could hop in at the last minute and make a good run, though that depends on the results of early primaries. If one candidate gets some momentum, he might be out of reach by the time Bloomberg got it together. The New York Post has an article about some recent rumors of his maybe possibly running here, potentially.

Top Ten

We Americans love top ten lists. I think it's because we're so competitive and goal oriented. We even make ones up like "Top Ten Starlicious Makeovers" on VH1 or E! or something. Time has a list of 50 top ten lists for 2007 which is pretty awesome. That reminds me of a great Wikipedia entry - The List of Lists of Lists.

U-S-A!!!

The soccer hooligans who came over to Las Vegas, pretending to be boxing fans, looked like real a-holes when they booed Tyrese's stirring rendition of "The Star Spangled Banner"before Mayweather-Hatton. That dude is a class act and kept his cool throughout. Funny how the Americans in the crowd were respectful while Tom Jones stank up the ring with his hoarse "God Save the Queen". They're still upset about that Revolutionary War thing, I suppose. Plus we are able to speak English without that silly accent. Well, except for people in Massachusetts.
I was already pretty pumped up by the time Mayweather started down the aisle, and on comes "Born in the USA"! Even though the lyrics are clearly not patriotic, the song ended up so. Hilarious. Take that Springsteen, you commie.

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Untitled

I was wandering around Art Basel last night and I happened upon this piece by Lisa Ruyter -


It's just a camera phone shot of part of the painting, and it doesn't do her work justice. Check out some more of her stuff here. It's awesome. Probably really expensive, too.

YouMail Me Like

This is pretty awesome. YouMail is a free service that allows users to replace their existing voicemail systems with one that allows custom messages to be recorded. For example, you could be waiting for someone to call back but be at, oh say, the opera. You could record a message that says "Hello friend. I'm at the opera. Sorry, but I'll have to return your call when it is over". Or could you leave a message for your girlfriend that goes "Baby, you know I love you and I miss you. Smoochie smoochie smoochie". Or something like that. I don't know what people like that say to one another.

As I write this, I'm realizing that I have friends who already use this (or something very similar).


That YouMail guy sure is cool