• Posted by Tim Jarrett
  • On November 1, 2006

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What makes Massachusetts different?

I love watching the pro/anti discussion on the Massachusetts Question 1 (should stores with grocery licenses—basically any store that sells perishable products—be permitted to sell wine?). But the argument against Question 1 on the Beacon Hill Wine and Spirits blog (a great wine store, a lousy perspective) really made me raise my eyebrows. My response, [...]

  • Posted by Tim Jarrett
  • On November 1, 2006

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Piskawhat?

I’m getting buried alive under an avalanche of spam. Most of the offending items appear to start with the nonsense word piskasosiska, plus a unique numeric code that appears to correspond to the contents of the spam message. Presumably this is to make it easier to verify the spread of a particular unsolicited spam comment.
Anyone [...]

  • Posted by Tim Jarrett
  • On November 1, 2006

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Finally, counters

Unbelievably, at long last we have countertops. And they’re even installed.
The counters were one of the areas where we scrimped in the kitchen redo. We wanted to do solid surface (granite would be a little impractical for us right now) but couldn’t really justify the budget, so we went laminate. I’m kind of glad we [...]