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Powerful K–12 art show at Weston
You have one more week to see the powerful art show by Weston K–12 students. (If you click on that link, you may need to wait a minute for all the images to render.) I particularly want to single out the… Read More ›
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Powerful K–12 art show at Weston
You have one more week to see the powerful art show by Weston K–12 students. (If you click on that link, you may need to wait a minute for all the images to render.) I particularly want to single out the… Read More ›
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What happened to the ceiling?
Came home to find that the ceiling in our den now looked like this:
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Barbara’s ancestry
The day before yesterday, I reported the results of my DNA test to determine my ancestry. Barbara had her DNA tested at the same time. To the surprise of no one who knows us, her results were very different from… Read More ›
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Godspell at Weston
Go see tonight’s performance of Godspell at Weston High School! The Theater Company really outdid itself in this terrific ensemble-based production of the famous musical. As I’m sure you know, gentle reader, Godspell is superficially the story of the time before and immediately after… Read More ›
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My ancestry
They got it right! According to ancestry.com, my DNA sample shows And here is the detailed map:
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New England Math Championships
Please congratulate the Weston High School Math Team for their outstanding performance at yesterday’s playoffs for the New England Medium-Size Schools Championship: After a close-fought contest, Weston is now #1 in all of New England! It was all very much… Read More ›
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Your future?
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Winthrop
Never would I have picked the town of Winthrop as the ideal vacation spot… until the confluence of two events: Barbara and I had wanted to find a nearby long-weekend getaway that wouldn’t take much time to travel there and… Read More ›
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The Vocal Fries (yet another linguistics podcast!)
Yet another linguistics podcast has come to my attention! It’s The Vocal Fries, subtitled “the podcast about linguistic discrimination.” This series, now four months old, is of course named for the phonological register commonly called “vocal fry,” but that’s only the starting point…. Read More ›
Featured Categories
Books ›
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Tolkien Exhibit
June 17, 2018
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Isaac Asimov: The Foundations of Science Fiction
June 16, 2018
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The Marriage Pact
April 7, 2018
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Felicia Day: You’re Never Weird on the Internet (Almost)
April 1, 2018
Dorchester/Boston ›
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William thinks he’s a hamburger.
June 12, 2018
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What happened to the ceiling?
May 15, 2018
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Winthrop
April 22, 2018
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Bach’s Big Birthday Bash
March 18, 2018
Food & Restaurants ›
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Revisiting The Industry
February 28, 2018
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Back from Manchester (but which one?)
August 14, 2017
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Restaurants in the southern part of Dorchester
July 22, 2017
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The Industry
July 20, 2017
Life ›
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Barbara’s ancestry
May 6, 2018
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My ancestry
May 4, 2018
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Retiring
February 27, 2018
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DreamLand Wax Museum
February 23, 2018
Linguistics ›
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Egyptian Hieroglyphics
June 21, 2018
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Five languages in five days?
June 14, 2018
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The Vocal Fries (yet another linguistics podcast!)
April 15, 2018
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Duolingo
March 13, 2018
Math ›
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We have a winner!
June 9, 2018
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New England Math Championships
April 28, 2018
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State Math Champions!
April 3, 2018
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Finally… the 16th Annual Fractal Fair
March 27, 2018
Model Railroading ›
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When will the two robots meet?
February 9, 2016
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Rails across Canada?
October 20, 2015
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Connecticut
October 15, 2013
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Meerkats, the Canadian Pacific Railway, coral reefs, and the Dead Sea scrolls
August 18, 2013
Movies & (occasionally) TV ›
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Ready, Player One (the movie)
April 8, 2018
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School of Rock
September 1, 2017
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The War Room
August 13, 2017
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Ben X (a film about Asperger’s)
August 10, 2017
Teaching & Learning ›
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Problem solved
June 8, 2018
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Progress
May 30, 2018
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Powerful K–12 art show at Weston
May 17, 2018
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Powerful K–12 art show at Weston
May 17, 2018
Technology ›
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Ready Player One (the book)
March 31, 2018
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The Chalk Artist
March 11, 2018
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Player by Proxy
March 10, 2018
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Why teach programming/coding? For the nth time…
October 27, 2017
Travel ›
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I’ll Have What Phil’s Having
August 21, 2016
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Wilkes-Barre
August 12, 2016
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Oliver Sacks redux
October 10, 2015
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The Berkshires: Mostly museums
August 23, 2015
Weston ›
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Famous alums Josh and Anne
June 11, 2018
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How do you get teachers to smile?
June 10, 2018
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Godspell at Weston
May 5, 2018
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Campaign posters
April 11, 2018
