fris?son / Pronunciation [free-sohn; Fr. free-sawn]a sudden, passing sensation of excitement; a shudder of emotion; thrill.(Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2006)Let me tell you about the holiday that I like best of all – Thanksgiving.I like all holi

fris?son / Pronunciation [free-sohn; Fr. free-sawn]a sudden, passing sensation of excitement; a shudder of emotion; thrill.(Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2006)Let me tell you about the holiday that I like best of all – Thanksgiving.I like all holi

The picture above is apropos of absolutely nothing. So is every word below.I've previously explained my stance on memes. The short version? I simultaneously like them and hate them. You can read the reasons at the link. If you plan on tagging me, you shou

Before anything else, I want to say "Thank You!"Thank you for caring. Thank you for trying. Thank you for everything.Last year, I began a campaign to stop avaricious merchants from ruining our holidays with their greed. Thanksgiving Comes First was an att

Oh, well. Not so bad, really. I wasn't hurt, and the damage was as minimal as could be expected. On top of that, the other guy seemed to be a nice fellow, and he said it was most definitely his fault, so my insurance won't take a hit.I was in an auto acci

(The photo above has nothing to do with what follows. I put it there to engender your sympathy. Look at that cute kid! He wrote this stuff, you know. He had no idea that, some 42 years from the time of that picture being taken, his Ronnie-Howard-like visa

The story you have just read is true. Only the names were changed to protect the innocent. That would be me and the other jurors. The two maroons suing each other certainly weren’t.(In case you didn't read the story, you can find its various components

(If you’re just coming upon this story, I strongly suggest that you read the first three parts before this one. This is not because you won’t be able to follow it from this point on, but because I have a massive ego and I’d hate to think my previous

Part One HITHER. Part Two YON.On Day Two, I arrived in Lower Palookaville by 7:55am. We were told to report by 8:30. Being conscientious, and not knowing traffic conditions on a morning commute to Lower Palookaville, I had left my house way too early. I p

  New England History Festival             "The Past is a Blast"        Saturday, November 15th, 2008 @ 5:00 PMHibernian Hall, 151 Watertown Street, Watertown            $16.00 Admission    (339)368-1971    

       The event is Wednesday, November 12 at 7:00 PM at the Watertown Free Public Library - WSB meeting room - 123 Main Street.  Michael Lepage will be portraying General Thomas Gage. THE ENRAGED GENERAL GAGE:   General Thomas Gage's version

Sorry, No Drive-Through Originally uploaded by lisa.williams. What is it with the driving-into-buildings in this town? You'd think it was a trend or something. Here's some cleanup going on at Coolidge Hardware after a car drove into the storefront

Last chance liquidation Originally uploaded by lisa.williams. H2otown saw them everywhere driving across the country this summer: people standing outside in the hot sun, holding last-chance liquidation signs. She hadn't seen many of them around her

The St. Stephen's Church Bazaar is being held at the Armenian Cultural and Educaitonal Center, 47 Nichols Avenue, Watertown on Friday Nov. 7 and Saturday Nov. 8 - come on down for delicious chicken, lamb and losh kebab, kheyma, kufta, rice and more. 

Part One HERE.After I was the last one to be seated on the jury, we were all escorted into the deliberation room, there to wait our first call into court. Perhaps 12 feet by 16 feet, the ambiance of the room was similar to that of an urban public school c

Jury duty. I was on jury duty. That’s where I was all of last week. That’s why there were no new postings. Jury duty.Life has real tragedies – death, for instance, or being forced to watch "Wife Swap" – so I know better than to compare jury duty t

As a kid, growing up in a Scientology family was fun, mainly because of my parents and the stable environment they provided. Both of my folks were well advanced as Scientologists by the time I was born. As a Southern-born only-child largely grow

Here we are on the precipice of a historic election, and I cannot find local people to talk to about it.  Argghhh.

I'm currently unable to post anything more than a few sentences in length. I'll be back sometime next week with a full explanation. My apologies.Just so you don't worry - No illness in the family, my job is still my job, nothing of a worrisome nature. I'm

The other day, MY WIFE was telling me a story about two people with whom she had dealings. The crux of the story was that their looks were wildly disparate. Being my usual annoying self, I jumped ahead and suggested that perhaps they looked like Mutt &amp