Posts Tagged ‘miscellaneous’
"Closer to Thee, Lord" via iPhone
It happens to Catholics all the time. You're away from the usual parish, and you'd rather listen to the "good word" and have a tasteless wafer instead reading the Sunday Times at brunch. Other times, one can get the urge to pull over to tell your dirty secrets to someone and feel better after ten [...]
Health & Wealth in Mass: Two Bits
Image by hmmlargeart from photos tagged "Bostonist" on Flickr. On the Globe home page, we noticed two articles about healthcare and money sitting closely. There was one piece about the investment firm that recently bought the Caritas Christi hospitals wants to buy two more facilities in Mass , and [...]
Jersey Shore Duo Buying Bling in Hub
Pauly D and Ronnie, two of the boys from the "Jersey Shore," like to buy bunches of diamonds and like to buy them at Manhattan Jewelry at 345 Washington Street in Boston. Pauly D did most of the damage buying a 65-carat diamond necklace and a 34-carat Breitling Super Avenger watch, not to mention a [...]
Pre-Thanksgiving Gallery
Thanksgiving is tomorrow. Prepare for turkey, eating, pilgrims, and Indians...in no particular order. Read the original: Pre-Thanksgiving Gallery
Boston Blotter Extra: Moore Pleads Not Guilty to Mattapan Murders
Image by historygradguy from photos tagged "Bostonist" on Flickr . -- The four victims of September's brutal murders in Mattapan were killed as a result of a plan to rob an alleged drug dealer. Dwayne Moore , 33, and Kimani Washington, met in prison and planned to rob Simba Martin's home on Sutton [...]
Week Around the -Ists, 11/21
Peijin Chen via Shanghaiist . Shanghaiist covered the deadly fire that ravaged an entire apartment building in the heart of Shanghai and killed 58 residents (at last count) this week, including on the scene photos , videos and our despair at Shanghai local media's initial unwillingness to cover it [...]
BPD’s Kim Tavares Sings
Watch this at My Fox Boston Boston Police officer Kim Tavares is using her experiences in 10 years of service to promote a song she wrote and sings called "I Know You’ve Seen It." The song, in turn, allows Tavares to promote awareness about child abuse, bullying and domestic violence. She [...]
Globe: Four Loko Doesn’t Even Taste Good
Four Loko is cheap and bad for you. According to the Globe's Peter Schworm, it doesn't taste good , either. Apparently, Schworm went Rick Sanchez - Sanchez once tased himself - and tested the potent mix of alcohol and caffeine. Schworm acknowledged young people might not respond well to a powerful [...]
Veterans Day News and Events
Image tagged Bostonist by historygradguy . Veterans Day observations come in many forms. The annual Lexington Veterans Day parade starts at 10 a.m. with stops scheduled at several important town memorials. The Lexington Minute Men will fire volleys. Five deserving veterans will receive fully [...]
Brady, Pats Go to Schools
While Wes Welker visited a North Attleboro school with a real hero, a bunch of Patriots, including Tom Brady, visited Henry Grew Elementary School in Hyde Park. Brady brought Robert Kraft, Deion Branch, Patrick Chung, Brandon Merriweather and Zoltan Mesko with him. We don't know who drove. The Pats [...]
