Boston Crazy Driving

Big Dig Diner update

2008-07-23T08:35:00.004-04:00

Anyone who was a regular reader of this blog space may remember a post from about two years ago which featured the defunct Big Dig Diner. It turns out the diner has been hauled away. I don't know if...

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New (old) blog

2007-07-12T11:19:00.000-04:00

I once heard a Boston-area detective-fiction author/BU professor whose name escapes me (and it's not Robert B. Parker because I'm a big fan of his work) posthumously quoted on WBUR as telling his BU...

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Snowin' in the South

2007-01-18T17:43:00.000-05:00

I eagerly anticipated snow days as I prepared for a career change from journalism to education. Just like when I was a wee lad, the prospect of an unplanned day off without being sick made me...

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I am Time's Person of Year!

2006-12-17T10:36:00.000-05:00

Thanks to the editors at Time Magazine, I am in league with U.S. presidents, Nobel laureates, and (rather regrettably) Adolph Hitler and Joseph Stalin. That's right. I'm Time's Person of the...

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It's true, you can't go home again

2006-11-27T18:57:00.000-05:00

That's pretty common knowledge. In my 30 years, I've learned this the hard way. Going back to visit places I had once called a "home" always seemed to result in the same awkward and hurried meetings...

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Who the hell is Edmund L. Kennedy?

2006-11-07T22:08:00.000-05:00

OK, I can understand that boston.com is run by a lot of non-native Bostonians, so while irksome, I can overlook the occasional miscue. Recently, I just shook my head when I saw a cutline on the front...

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50,000 Watts of Power with a skip

2006-11-07T20:12:00.000-05:00

I have the fortune of listening to Massachusetts election returns on WBZ 1030 AM while in Raleigh, NC. What? You say? Yes. BZ's signal, beamed with 50,000 watts of power to cover most of the dead...

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Hi Y'all!

2006-10-08T11:08:00.000-04:00

It's official, my Boston identity is gone from the Boston Crazy Driving reconnaissance vehicle. The Red Sox license plates have been replaced with general-issue NC tags. The MA window sticker was...

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Southbound on Route 95

2006-08-24T23:32:00.000-04:00

Well, all good things must come to an end, and this is one of those good things. Mrs. Boston Crazy Driving and I are moving to North Carolina Friday, where I will also change my career to...

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Hood ornament

2006-07-31T20:16:00.000-04:00

I was nearly blind with boredom on tonight's ride home. Traffic was moving well, and the ride was particularly mundane. By chance, I noticed a Volvo ahead with something on it's roof. Immediately, I...

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Duct tape and twine fixes everything

2006-07-24T16:04:00.000-04:00

I know I'm coming to this part of the story a bit late, but the fact that duct tape was used to secure anything in these tunnels other than a sign to a wall really pisses me off. In high school, I...

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The other proposed Big Dig is dead

2006-07-21T08:30:00.000-04:00

There was another tunnel project proposed for downtown Boston around the same time as the Central Artery/Tunnel. It was called the North-South Rail Link and it was meant to connect the two rail...

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Inspector general's report on Big Dig bolts

2006-07-21T07:52:00.000-04:00

Almost since the news first broke about the ceiling collapse in the connector tunnel on the Route 90, I have heard over and over about a report by former state Inspector General Robert Cerasoli on...

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A Mini Masshole

2006-07-20T22:14:00.000-04:00

There's little I hate more about driving around these parts than being cut off. It is the same kind of rudeness as someone cutting in a line of people. At least in a line of people, however, those in...

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Falling sky prompts more closures

2006-07-20T16:04:00.000-04:00

Gov. Mitt Romney ordered the eastbound Ted Williams Tunnel closed today because another panel was found to be unsafe. How long until he closes both sides of the Tip O'Neill tunnel? Another ticking...

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Big Dig boondoggle video

2006-07-20T09:48:00.000-04:00

Following one of my Technorati links, I stumbled upon this gem of a video compilation. I have only watched a couple of minutes of it, but if the whole thing is as good as the first few minutes, then...

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More Mass. Pike traffic trouble

2006-07-19T14:14:00.000-04:00

Boy am I glad I am safely ensconced in an office park today. A sand truck rolled on the Pike near Boston University today. Yikes. Oh, and if anyone is wondering, Mercury is retrograde. I'm not much...

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Big Dig detour changes

2006-07-19T13:43:00.000-04:00

The braintrust at the Big Dig has apparently switched the detour caused by the closed I-90 connector tunnel that links to the Ted Williams Tunnel. Now traffic heading Logan Airport is being routed...

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Big Dig chief on the plank

2006-07-18T15:54:00.000-04:00

Gov. Mitt Romney is trying to do what others, and even he, couldn't before: Fire Turnpike Chairman Matt Amorello. The Daily Briefing and several other news outlets are reporting that the state's CEO...

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Big Dig's O'Neill tunnel now suspect?

2006-07-18T08:12:00.000-04:00

Remember when Mass. Turnpike Chairman Matt Amorello and Gov. Mitt Romney assured the motoring public that the Tip O'Neill tunnel (Route 93) was safe because the ceiling system used in those tunnels...

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Crazy driver causes accident

2006-07-18T08:04:00.000-04:00

It's a call everyone dreads: someone has been in a car accident. In this case yesterday, it was my mother-in-law, who was taken from an accident in an ambulance, and later released from the...

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Re-name the Rose Kennedy Greenway

2006-07-17T11:37:00.000-04:00

Angel Del Valle, whose wife Milena died in the Route 90 connector tunnel a week ago, has said he won't sue anyone for his wife's death by falling ceiling tiles. In our hyper-litigious society, it's...

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Big Dig detours

2006-07-17T08:55:00.000-04:00

The "experts" are now saying the deadly Route 90 connector tunnel to the Ted Williams Tunnel will likely be closed for MONTHS. I'm glad someone is finally taking this seriously, because it seems like...

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Big Dig fraud hotline

2006-07-14T13:12:00.000-04:00

Here's a link to the state's page to report Big Dig fraud. Let's all call and say that a fraud has been perpetrated on the public trust.

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A sign of hope?

2006-07-14T12:57:00.000-04:00

Hanging signs and banners from highway overpasses has become pretty popular in these parts, and it seems like MassHighway tolerates it. Many are done by veterans, patriots and Blue Star families who...

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