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On June 22, 1975 Universal Studios released the classic movie “Jaws”. Directed by a young Steven Speilberg, movie critics consider Jaws one of the best movies ever made. The movie stars Roy Scheider as Chief Martin Brody, Robert Shaw as Quint and Richard Dreyfuss as Matt Hooper. Even today, 36…

I can’t dance for “beans”. In fact I’ve always suspected that’s one of the reasons I liked Michael Jackson so much. He could do better anyone else in the world, what I couldn’t do at all, dance. If you are into creative dance you’ve got to watch this video. Its…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. If President Obama loses his reelection bid in 2012, it may be because he has disappointed so many who had such high hopes for him in 2008. This surely is not true for a relative handful of individuals,…

E Street Band in London, 2009, \”Jungleland\”

As we prepare for tomorrow’s celebration parade, I thought it might be fun to bring back some great memories of the last time the Bruins brought the Stanley Cup to Boston. The first time I looked at the 1972 team roster I found my self saying…”I didn’t remember that Teddy…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Check it out. No matter how unimpressive a party’s candidates for President in the beginning, by fall of 2012 at least one of them will seem Presidential. The Democrats’ underwhelming field in 1992 yielded Bill Clinton, who was…

Jack is Back! The entry below is being cross posted from local playwright Jack Neary’s own blog called Shards. I’ve been wondering what it would take to get me back on this blog. For some reason, I haven’t been able to get my brain around anything worth typing here. Not…

Thanks to Marie for the informative post on Paul Revere yesterday. As an addition here is the text of the Henry Longfellow poem Paul Revere’s Ride. I’m sure “most” of us remember it from our elementary school days: Listen my children and you shall hear Of the midnight ride of…

Greetings from the State Legislature at 2011 UMass Lowell Commencement by State Senator, Eileen Donoghue.

This is great raw video showing candidate for US Senator Alan Khazei speaking to a group in Lowell over the weekend. Alan Khazei talks about his plan to defeat Massachusetts Senator Scott Brown (R). Taken at the Tsongas Center, in Lowell, MA as part of the kickoff to the 2011…