This image has been making the rounds on Facebook so I thought I’d share it. Planning on going to dinner with friends later this week? Perhaps you’d like to introduce them to what I’m now calling “Cell Phone Chicken”… Just like the childhood game played on bikes – the first to make a move is the chicken. The brilliant thing about this game is it need not just be played at a restaurant.
While I can get easily turned around and reading a map can make me go cross-eyed, I can usually get myself from point A to point B. However, many of my friends and family would struggle to find their way out of a paper bag so I can appreciate how helpful mapping applications can be for people.
While I’m thankful to have these mapping apps, I’ve noticed that many (you know who you are) have become so reliant on them that they have either lost what little sense of direction they had or they suffer moments of extreme stupidity; hence my new acronym for GPS – Getting People Stupid.
I’ve had friends intending to drive to Portland, ME end up just outside Albany, NY (FYI – Albany is 3 hours west of Boston and Portland is 1+ hour northeast). Friends have missed the exit to their home. And I’ve had friends pass by shops they wanted to visit because they were directed to the same franchise further away. Why would one use a mapping app for well traveled / familiar journeys or get into their automobile for a road trip without even the faintest understanding of where they are driving or how long the trip might take?
I will admit these do make for good stories, but is asking someone to have self-awareness when driving too much to ask? Next time you feel the need to use your mapping app ask yourself this question: Do you know where you are going? If not, look at the mapping route before you get in the car or better yet, simply turn off the device and follow the road signs. I’m sure you’ll find your way – after all that is why we spend so much money putting those big signs up over the highway… think of them as pre-GPS mapping technology.
Blogger, Ajax in the City posted this abdominal work out video from the 80’s on his blog. I keep expecting Olivia Newton John to come walking out singing “Physical”. The entire clip is totally ridiculous, but I couldn’t help but watch it all the way through. I should ask my personal trainer for his thoughts. 😉
The A&E network will roll-out a new reality show later this month that supposedly shows viewers “real life” in Southie; one of Boston’s working class, Irish enclaves that in recent years has seen an influx of young professionals.
I have no doubt many in the area will beam with pride because a cable network channel will broadcast what I assume will be stereotypical “characters” to scripted dramas manufactured more for ratings than any concern for reality. Funny, I thought shows like Real Housewives and Jersey Shore were waning in popularity – perhaps not.
My lack of interest in this latest un-reality program turned to disdain when I saw The Boston Globe had listed a series of promo ads from A&E. One of the promos meant to be a put-down to NYC “Nobody tells us how big our soda should be” sounds as if it came directly from a NYC advertising agency. Anyone who has lived their life in Southie will tell you Soda, Pop, Coke… is all called one thing in Boston — Tonic. Get your colloquialisms correct or “Póg Mo Thón”.
Did you know that NH has an all female (bi-partisan) Congressional delegation?
When I was younger, New Hampshire had a reputation for being solidly Republican, regularly voting for conservative men like John Sununu (or SayNoNo as I liked to say). However, NH is now probably the only “Purple” state in the northeast and is easily one of the more progressive in the country.
With the election of the Democrats Ann McLane Kuster and former Representative Carol Shea-Porter to the US House of Representatives this past November, New Hampshire became the first state to send an all-female delegation to Congress. In addition to the Congressional party, in November NH elected its second female governor, Margaret Wood Hassan.
I won’t suggest that an all female delegation will fix our problems, but I’ve not been too pleased with many of the all male delegations heading to D.C. lately and am open to the change. I hope moving forward NH isn’t the only state to send an all female delegation to D.C.
Oh and for those who might point out that the delegation lacks racial diversity its probably important to point out that NH is pasty white with almost 95% of the state’s population identifying as caucasion so it might take the state a bit more time to break racial barriers, but they will get there.
Are you like me and do you still like to have a calendar that resides outside of a phone, tablet or computer? Perhaps you are also like me and have yet to purchase a 2013 calendar.
Super sexy Aussie model, Daniel Garofali, has a calendar that is sure to please. You may purchase it online here. 50% of the profits from sales of this calendar go to Kiva.org, a non-profit that is working to end poverty.
The 2012 – 2013 calendar comes with many seductive photos of Daniel, but before you buy you may want to check out the calendar and DVD teaser as well as the calendar and DVD teaser part II on YouTube. Again, you may purchase it online here. People are also more than welcome to send me photos of Daniel, whom I find wicked gawjus.
It is chilly here in Boston with temperatures already below freezing so it is time to break out your long johns.
I know that many of my readers insist they prefer to sleep au naturale, but I find that incredibly impractical at this time of year in Boston where night time temperatures are freezing.
So grab your long johns or better yet, grab yourself a guy in his long johns. This guy looks like he’d do just fine. Have a good night all.
Just when I thought I’d heard of everything I stumbled upon a very interesting group called November Project™. Apparently this social group of runners are the people behind Boston’s Ninja Race… You read that correctly.
What is the Boston Ninja Race?
This is an 8 mile night run on Wednesday, January 23rd at 9:00PM through Boston’s Charles River path and parks. Runners are required to dress in a ninja theme. The registration site is hilarious declaring “Dull swords allowed. Snow ninjas allowed. Complaining about it being “cold” is not permitted at any time.”
There is no cost to register and after the race, runners will gather at Crossroads Bar in the Back Bay. Want to find out more and register for the run? Link here.
At this point in my life I feel as if I can read a French, Italian, Spanish or Portuguese menu with little confusion. However, I have to admit there seems an inconsistency in many American restaurant menus serving these cuisines. I can’t figure out why chefs print an English menu but randomly insert words in the native language of the cuisine they cook. Do they think by printing pollo the chicken will seem more authentically Italian? By reading fromage will I feel like I’m at an outdoor cafe in Paris?
I can appreciate that restaurants serving cuisines from other countries are always trying to prove how authentic the food will be for patrons, but more often than not, it seems either patronizing or just confuses their clientele.
Food tastes great when the ingredients are fresh, prepared correctly, and served so it is visually appealing. If chefs think printing menu ingredients in another language makes their plates seem more authentic they are just fooling themselves and probably losing business from customers too timid to inquire about the menu item(s) in question.
It’s time for a bit of shameless pandering. Think of this as my demented version of PBS donor drive, but in stead of asking you for donations (well those are welcome but not necessary), I’m seeking your approval.
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I really love visiting cities that have interesting public art. A post from Bored Panda features 30 large scale street murals in cities all over the world, including the mural in Boston by the Brazilian brothers Otavio and Gustavo Pandolfo shown above. Want to see what other murals were featured or suggest one in the comments section? Read more here.
I swiped today’s Furry Friday post from fellow blogger and friend, David, at Wicked Gay Blog. Simply put, I like everything about this guy. How about you… think he’s Furry Friday worthy?
Guerrilla Queer Bar (GQB), that underground group of LGBT men and women in Boston who “take over” a traditionally straight venue the first Friday of each month have set their sites on Estate for the first Friday night of 2013. No plans? Check it out.
Estate 1 Boylston Place – 9PM til ???
Unfamiliar or never been to a GQB event before? It is a friendly group of men and women so don’t be bashful. Look for one or both of these Mo-licious members Ashley and Dan. They are wicked friendly.
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