When is Yuletide anyway? Is it the same as Christmas time or what? I know that Christmas time is a longer period of time than Christmas but is Yuletide longer than Yule? Who knows such things? I know one thing. The Sox are giving themselves a very nice set of gifts over the season so far. It's … read more »

Halloween and Remembrance Day provide an odd juxtaposition of dark thoughts, the first fantasy and the latter all too real. A huge turn out downtown yesterday for a number of ceremonies including the town's famous dueling pair of events that take place within a couple hundred yards of each other …

Can you believe it? Time. Go figure. I took Monday and Thursday off this week and time has really gotten twisted. Going back to work for the end of the week mixes one. I also notice that when I take a day off to do nothing in particular I act just like it's a sick day. I don't really hit full …

Maine. Air clear. Sky blue. Fabulous. People are off to Scratch. Last night it was Beale's by the pound. This has been an eating holiday. I need an exercising winter.  •  Damon should not have been a Red Sox player a second time. Not that he is not a good guy or a great player. There just would … read more »

...and mid-summer. We may go see what 1,000 people dressed up as 1812 soldiers looks like. Bet they are not as pox ridden as back then. Will they have hiding the chewy bar etiquette or do yo ujust get banished? I wouldn't make much of a re-enactor. I'd just want to enact. And then someone would … read more »

Hence our reliance on the USA for all our earthquake and earthquake-y needs.

So many metaphors. But now we learn that either data fades or privacy fades. They cannot co-exist. That seems to be the latest idea and it does make some sense:  •  Privacy could be enhanced if data was allowed to fade, suggests research. Dutch researcher Dr Harold van Heerde is looking into ways …

It's now been a few years since I played soccer. Last World Cup I was all still in the, you know, idea that me and - like - slide tackling was... errr... not stupid. I thought that it was very healthy to have rolled ankles, sprained kneed, black and blue shins not to mention aches and pains. Not …

Again with the failing cause of the right to idleness illustrated by the lengths that scientists will go to keep us from the benefits of idleness:  •  Smart clothes could soon be helping their wearers cope with the stresses of modern life. The prototype garments monitor physiological states …