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$5.77
Consider the following word problem that might appear on the fourth grade MCAS Test. Paul orders a cupcake at a service center restaurant along the Mass Turnpike. The total, including tax, is $2.77. Paul hands the person at the cash … Continue reading
Squeegee Guys
Remember the squeegee guys? Down on their luck fellows, mostly immigrants, who assaulted cars coming off New York City’s bridges and tunnels with soap, sponges and squeegees, spiffing up your car in the hopes of a tip. Innocent enough until … Continue reading
Posted in Haiti, United States
Tagged Bratton, Haiti, Mayor Giuliani, New York City, PAP, Port Au Prince, squeegee, squeegee guy
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Memorial Day
Memorial Day has always struck me as a holiday in desperate need of a root cause analysis. We honor our war dead, who deserve to be honored, but we fail to ask the deeper question, “Why are there so many … Continue reading
Airplane Nightmare Averted
One of the many arcane rules of American Airlines is that when you change your ticket in Haiti, they will not assign you a seat on your new flight. Since I extended my recent stay by a week, I was … Continue reading
A Tale of Two Babies To-Be
Tomo and Brad are having a baby. That is the correct terminology among liberal, upper middle class couples in the United States, where having a baby is a scrupulously planned, much anticipated, and widely shared event. Tomo and Brad are … Continue reading
Cambridge Spring
I arrived back home at 2 am on Saturday morning, these days the bankrupt American Airlines serves up more delays than they do pretzels. The air was brisk but the same full moon that I woke to in Grand Goave … Continue reading
Posted in Haiti, United States, Yoga
Tagged Bikram, Cambridge, Cambridge Public Library, Easter, Haiti, Inception, Leonardo DiCaprio, library, Spring, yoga
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Plain, Honest Men
As our country sputters, sometimes aimlessly, sometimes recklessly, I find myself reading more of our history, as if morsels from a noble past can nourish me through our present morass. I recently finished Plain, Honest Men – The Making of … Continue reading
PBS Shills for Money with Money
I have gotten in the habit of flicking on the TV while doing my nightly crunches. Since they only take about eight minutes I usually get a slice of something without context, which is fine by me; I am simply … Continue reading
Public Gift
A few years ago William LeMessurier died. That may not mean much to many, but he was a mighty structural engineer. Among the construction world he was a magician; the man who developed the tuned mass damper that stopped Boston’s … Continue reading
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