With the twenty inches of snow – shown in these pictures shared by regular reader Paul S – that fell on Lowell just ending at around dusk, the school department wisely canceled school for tomorrow. I had to take the car out twice today – once late in the afternoon…
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Tony Sampas observes that being deemed “non-essential” has some benefits: you can stay home and take great photographs of the snow through the window of your home.
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See Choosing a Soundtrack/Kad Barma for snow tracking info. He linked from Rob Mills.
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Here’s the link to a Washington Post item about a speech given by John Kerry this week.
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Kathleen Marcin of the Downtown Lowell Neighborhood Association posted on the group’s blog about the recent shootings in Lowell and the gun culture of America.
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At 5 am, the Massachusetts Trial Court announced that all courts in the Commonwealth will be closed today due to the major snowstorm that struck the region overnight. Since the Middlesex North Registry of Deeds is located within the Superior Courthouse in Lowell, it too is closed for the day.…
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For balance on this snow day, I’m dragging old self-satisfied George Will over here with his thoughts on the Arizona shootings. I don’t like George Will’s opinions but I used to appreciate his writing when he was on the back page of Newsweek for years. In 1987, George Will used his Newsweek…
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While the blizzard blows and snows, boston.com is inviting readers to become haiku writers. Here’s the link. I’ll give mine exclusively to rh.com: . Snow blows right to left, Going somewhere else to stick. My white cat stays curled. . —Paul Marion (c) 2010
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Another icon of the early TV years has passed away: David Nelson of the “Ozzie and Harriet” program. This show was a reality show of its day, with the family playing itself in scripted episodes, but this Ozzie was a world away from Ozzy Osbourne and his family in his recent TV show.…
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Blogger Robert Wright of the NYTimes writes about the fear factor that’s part of the toxic political talk these days. Read his opinion here. His comments relate to Andrew’s latest post.
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