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• Our Stories, our Stuff, our Somerville at the Somerville Museum

  By ljd42 on March 31, 2019

  

    What have you got in your basement? Yesterday I had the opportunity to see a fascinating exhibit of 79 artifacts at the Somerville Museum, all donated by Somerville residents. They have been organized by type of  object, as you… Read More ›

• Another #1 for Weston, plus a public service flowing from Weston to Dorchester

  By ljd42 on March 29, 2019

    Something else where Weston is #1: According to Commonwealth Magazine, “The most generous political donors in Massachusetts state and municipal campaigns last year, perhaps unsurprisingly, tend to live in some of the wealthiest communities in the state… Weston was at the very… Read More ›

• Bimbos of the Death Sun

  By ljd42 on March 27, 2019

  

  No, it’s not what you think. This hilarious novel, by Sharyn McCrumb, is a satiric mystery about a fictional SF con (that’s science fiction convention, to you mundanes out there). The protagonist is a professor of electrical engineering at Virginia… Read More ›

• Congratulations!

  By ljd42 on March 25, 2019

  Congratulations to the Weston High School Math Team for finishing first in the state in the Massachusetts Math League!

• Over the cliff

  By ljd42 on March 23, 2019

  

  Douglas peers down over the edge of a scary cliff:  

• Friends of Dorothy

  By ljd42 on March 22, 2019

  

  In my naive youth, I had no idea what a “friend of Dorothy” was; in-group descriptors, after all, are always known to members of the in group (and allies) long before they are known to the general public. “Friend of… Read More ›

• Mollie on her kitty couch

  By ljd42 on March 20, 2019

  

  That tiny little Mollie doesn’t look quite so tiny when she’s stretched out on her kitty couch:  

• Panic

  By ljd42 on March 18, 2019

  

  Consider this. Here we have a great movie from 2000, starring William H. Macy, Donald Sutherland, Tracy Ullman, Neve Campbell, and John Ritter — so why hadn’t I ever heard of it before? Oh well, better late than never. It’s… Read More ›

• “Libraries are a haven…”

  By ljd42 on March 16, 2019

  

  For more reasons than one you need to read Angela Clarke’s story from six years ago. Shoutout to my sister-in-law Brenda for alerting me to this excerpt from Clarke’s account: My own fragility revealed that a library is not just… Read More ›

• No Pi Day?

  By ljd42 on March 14, 2019

  

  This is the first time in 26 years that I haven’t been able to observe a weekday Pi Day with any of my classes. Sigh. But there are plenty of online resources for my past, present, and future students.