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Shaughnessy Depresses The Nation Further

Webster Street Minutes - Tue, 10/14/2008 - 12:11pm
As if the depressing nature of the game last night wasn't enough. Dan Shaughnessy, the entitled curly topped "voice" of the Globe, deepens our sporting world depression to a level I haven't seen in a long time.Call your therapist after reading..

Easiest Way To Be American: Pick Apples

Webster Street Minutes - Mon, 10/13/2008 - 9:00am
Pick apples. Lots of them. Pay for a large bag and walk in the warm, fall sun for a few hours. Staring aimlessly at apple trees and that horrible map they gave you at the entrance stand. Appreciate the smells of the country which are totally devoid of

Late Night With The Sox

Webster Street Minutes - Mon, 10/06/2008 - 8:39am
It was a good thing that wine was flowing the night before at a friend's party. It was good to wake up and know that we had a full day of, well, nothing. Ambition levels were at an all time low except for the dire need of bacon in the AM. We also knew

Comfort Food: Harrow's Chicken Pot Pie

Webster Street Minutes - Thu, 10/02/2008 - 8:40am
I'm a microwaave pot pie person myself. I have a small addiction problem to the Boston Market Chicken Pot Pie. It's single serving (for me at least) and tastes just devine. Then I was introduced to Harrow's Chicken Pot Pie.Homemade. Fresh ingredients.

Phish Reunion: Let the Noodling Begin!

Webster Street Minutes - Wed, 10/01/2008 - 2:17pm
Everyone's favorite post-Greatful Dead jam band, Phish, is reuniting after a four year layoff with some shows to begin in Hampton, Virginia. CNN reports more shows will be added.Where would the quintessential jam band perform in our city? The Garden? Orp

Cleaning Out The Mental Drawer

Webster Street Minutes - Mon, 09/29/2008 - 10:32am
So the MLB postseason begins in a few days. We made it. The Yankees didn't. But why am I not pumped up for the postseason? Has our winning ways made me numb to the postseason? Or is it the injuries to major players that has me concerned? Beckett's oblique

The Bailout: Let The Companies Fold

Webster Street Minutes - Wed, 09/24/2008 - 10:31am
For one thing they are under investigation for FRAUD!! So our $700 Billion life jacket to the markets would just be a convenient cover up for the way that these companies screwed themselves and the country. Is the government going to come and rescue a lit

No Shock News of The Day: Clay Aiken

Webster Street Minutes - Wed, 09/24/2008 - 6:47am
Confirms what 99.9% of Americans already knew. He's gay.

HEROES: Villains

Webster Street Minutes - Tue, 09/23/2008 - 8:42am
After a horrific, yet slightly entertaining sophomore effort, HEROES returned last night for their third season entitled 'Volume 3: Villains". And if you haven't caught this show. What the hell are you waiting for?It has everything you need for a good dra

MBTA & The Blue Line: Not There Yet

Webster Street Minutes - Fri, 09/19/2008 - 10:43am
I know the Blue Line just got their new flashy, longer trains into the system in the past week or so. I'm happy about these new trains. More room. Less time getting sandwiched like a high school dance. More room to read the Metro or watch an iPhone mo

The Boys are Back In Town

Webster Street Minutes - Tue, 09/16/2008 - 9:02am
Remember that great 7 game series a mere four months ago against the hated Canadiens? How the Bruins reclaimed the city for a few days as playoff fever came back to town? Well the team is assembling and they are, hopefully, gearing up to build on the m

iTunes 8 A Genius? Emphatically NO!!

Webster Street Minutes - Sat, 09/13/2008 - 9:46am
Now most people who know me know that I have a love for things Apple. From my, still functioning, 2003 laptop to my original iPod to my new iPhone 3G. Seamless (okay, maybe some issues here and there but they are usually fixed in no time) and easy to us

Sept. 11th Is My "No Radio" Day

Webster Street Minutes - Thu, 09/11/2008 - 10:24am
I was perusing a number of blog lines concerning today's anniversary and it seems like more and more people are able to talk a bit freer about their experiences on 9/11. Where they were. Their inner fears. Hopes. We are still a nation healing under th

The Fenway Sellout

Webster Street Minutes - Tue, 09/09/2008 - 8:51am
We did it. We sold out more games in MLB history last night at 456 straight games. We even put our highly paid players at the turnstiles to thank all those fans for coming into the oldest baseball field in America. I missed my man Wakefield shaking han

What To Do With Hanna?

Webster Street Minutes - Thu, 09/04/2008 - 10:52am
According to the recent weather models, Hurricane Hanna should cruise right up the coast and through Quincy sometime Saturday into Sunday morning. It has been a while since a hurricane has blown through Massachusetts and we forget what we can do during a

Happy Birthday Whitey!!

Webster Street Minutes - Wed, 09/03/2008 - 12:34pm
You're now worth $2 Million dollars to the person who can help the feds catch you. If you're still alive. Or wearing a beard in a third world country. Or being brazen and living a block away from Boston City Hall..Next year? $3 Million!!

"In a world..."

Webster Street Minutes - Tue, 09/02/2008 - 10:33am
THE voice over man for thousands of movie trailers has passed. Don LaFontaine did all the cool, deep, "I smoked a pack of unfiltered Lucky Strikes before taping this" voices in a ton of important films like Godfather and Fatal Attraction. Seeing that gree

Video Game Golf vs. Tiger Woods? He's Got No Chance

Webster Street Minutes - Fri, 08/29/2008 - 9:05am
Today it was announced that Gillette will be holding mini tournaments to see who gets the chance to play Tiger Woods in his own EA Sports game. While this may not seem like "oooh ahhh" news, it does to me. For two reasons. And they are both close to my vi

Boston Driving (Or, how I learned to love how we drive)

Webster Street Minutes - Wed, 08/27/2008 - 11:08am
While getting the morning cup of iced coffee today on Newbury Street, my fellow caffeine junkie commented on a move some lady did. Basically the woman went from the far right lane at a light and fully cut off 2 lanes of traffic cause she had to go left. A

Tropic Thunder: The Best, Worst Movie Ever

Webster Street Minutes - Mon, 08/25/2008 - 8:46am
Full on, no holds barred comedy and action. Nick Nolte reappearing from the Beverly Hills Cop DVD's. Matthew McConaughey and TiVo. Tom Cruise returning to "I think I still admire your work....Maverick.." land. Jack Black's unique way to request being cut