Entries from February 2005

A Million Dollars and No Sense

February 25th, 2005 · Comments Off on A Million Dollars and No Sense

Sorry, that’s a bad pun, but it’s only appropriate for a bad movie. In early January, I went to see Million Dollar Baby just before it came out locally. I hated it, in a word, and though I was in the minority, I wasn’t completely alone. Walking out at the end of the film, I […]

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Tags: Film

Back on the run

February 23rd, 2005 · Comments Off on Back on the run

For the first time since the marathon four and a half months ago (and with two months and a day until my next race), I went for a run this morning. I hadn’t planned to languish this long, but the combination of satisfaction, laziness, snow, Netflix, and my toe helped me put off getting started […]

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Tags: Running

February in the City

February 22nd, 2005 · Comments Off on February in the City

To celebrate Valentine’s Day a little late and to take advantage of Aimee’s February vacation, we headed to New York City for a long-planned three-plus day trip this weekend. The coinciding appearance of The Gates was a bonus incentive, and we also looked forward to our first visit to the new MoMA (and to the […]

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Tags: New York · Travel

Try the ZuZan sandwich

February 18th, 2005 · Comments Off on Try the ZuZan sandwich

I had dinner and drinks with Tim, in from St. Louis, at ZuZu last night, where we discussed our photobooth project and caught a few good tunes from Vinyl Skyway, an unexpected bonus. It was the first ‘internet date’ for both of us, but we turned out of course to both be normal people with […]

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Tags: Cambridge

Ist about time

February 15th, 2005 · 1 Comment

How’d I miss this? (Thanks to Nedward for pointing it out). No more second-class city disparagement for Boston anymore, now that we’ve got our very own “-ist.” I’d been wondering when it would arrive, and it seems like it was sometime in early January. Looks like they’re still working things out, as all of the […]

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Tags: Cambridge

Birthday Week

February 12th, 2005 · Comments Off on Birthday Week

I’ve never been lucky enough to be the “Birthday Prince” before, but I guess this one called for something out of the ordinary. I think we’ve been celebrating my birthday since sometime around MLK Day, and hey, it’s almost Valentine’s Day now. Friday night, Aimee threw a bash for me at her place, complete with […]

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Tags: Cambridge

iPod Wishlist

February 9th, 2005 · 1 Comment

I thought iPod reached critical mass about two years ago, but I think I was wrong. Judging by what I see on my morning commute – the Globe, USA Today, and a half-dozen local free weeklies, it’s still heading up. This morning I spotted USA Today‘s second iPod cover story in less than a week, […]

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Tags: Music

Not such a bad idea after all

February 7th, 2005 · Comments Off on Not such a bad idea after all

It’s not that I thought it wasn’t a good idea, I just thought it wouldn’t make a good reality. A few weeks ago, when we got socked with our blizzard, Aimee and I took a walk outside, and the sight of all of the piles of snow elicited a comment from Aimee suggesting that someone […]

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Tags: Noted

The Big Three-Oh

February 6th, 2005 · Comments Off on The Big Three-Oh

So this is what it feels like…. I’m still kickin’, though everything I do seems laden with the tag “…and I’m 30?” It’ll wear off soon, I hope, but for now, I’m super-aware, mostly thanks to a wonderful birthday weekend Aimee threw for me. We left Boston on Friday and headed to the mystery location, […]

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Tags: Travel

Canadian Chameleons

February 4th, 2005 · Comments Off on Canadian Chameleons

Neither David Byrne nor David Bowie were there, but The Arcade Fire put on a terrific show tonight at the Roxy. How strange that the only other time I’d been there (Flaming Lips), there ended up being a parade of some sort marching through the crowd. That’s the way tonight’s show ended, finally, with the […]

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Tags: Music