Once again I’ve read and collected news articles and blog posts that are worth sharing but have absolutely nothing to connect them together except maybe that they teach us something interesting. Enjoy!
- The Boston Globe contains a story from AP about a Maine man announcing for president — as Thomas Jefferson.
- From the Christian Science Monitor, Gloria Goodale writes ‘Baby Loves Disco’: clubbing for the Mommy-and-me set in which we learn that having kids doesn’t mean giving up dancing because baby likes to boogie too.
- From the Christian Science Monitor, Annie Sherman writes Backstory: She keeps the lighthouse fantastic about Sally Snowman the keeper of Boston Light (Susan and I met her on our wedding anniversary adventure to Boston Light).
- From the New York Times, Tracie Rozhon writes To Have, Hold and Cherish, Until Bedtime in which we learn that happily married couples are no longer sharing a bed (just like Lucy and Rickey).
- From Escar-go-go, Robert David Sullivan writes Sacre Bleu Line! in which we discover that the MBTA’s new website has much too literal translations into French.
- From MediaChannel.org, Danny Schecter writes The Politics of Music and Music As Politics appreciates the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for protecting the genre’s heritage amid corporate corruption.
- From Mother Jones, Bill Mckibben writes Reversal of Fortune in which we learn that More isn’t Better.
- Streetsblog and Sarah Goodyear share StreetFilms: Interview with Parking Guru Donald Shoup who teaches us that free parking and expensive housing are backwards thinking.
- From Bicycle Fixation, James Howard Kunstler asks Can America Survive Suburbia?
- From the Boston Globe, Chris Kahn writes that a Glass skywalk opens above the Grand Canyon with the help of astronaut Buzz Aldrin. Anytime you can involve Buzz Aldrin it automatically makes things better.
Panorama of the Mountains 