Entries from March 2011

Politically Incorrect Travel With Biggest Loser Elvi

March 30th, 2011 · Tags: Airports · Cities · Satire · Wi-Fi

At the time I left Boston, the plan was for me to return.  That has changed.  So this blog closes that chapter.  Bummer … In this heightened security era, of course I was at Boston’s Logan International Airport a couple of hours before my flight … and yes, I fired one up.  A laptop, not […]

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Tex, Sans Toll: Making Friends On The Road

March 29th, 2011 · Tags: Gadgets · Satire

A funny thing happened to me on the way to the tollbooth. Let me lay the foundation … For the last two months in Boston and the surrounding boroughs, i Have worked on about a dozen disaster jobs — large commercial to small residential job sites. In that time, I have driven or ridden in […]

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PingWi-Fi Gets Its Blue Genes On … Live Ween

March 25th, 2011 · Tags: Arts

Allow me to take just one second to expound on the Gene Ween show.  Apparently some readers didn’t think I knew my Ween from a hole in the ground.  Perhaps they are right.  But, please remember that I don’t attend shows to worship the artist, merely to describe what happened.  I do luv me some […]

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PingThing Catches Up To Gene Ween For Boston Show

March 20th, 2011 · Tags: Arts · Cities

I missed the Oakland Ween concert by only a few days during my West Coast gig, so I vowed to see the band at the next opportunity. Well, I traveled across the entire country, but I am only half way there, having caught Gene Ween’s “solo” show last night at The Brighton Music Hall in […]

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Wi-Fi Where Some People Know Your Name – Boston, Beyond

March 16th, 2011 · Tags: Arts · Cities · Coffee Shops · Hotels · Wi-Fi

The Dirty Gig continues in the Boston area, with day trips throughout the state and over into Connecticut counteracting the effects of flooding. With little time for Wi-Fi … but here are a few notes and some random photos. First off, just let me say, Boston DID NOT get the memo that smoking is so […]

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