tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9066883606224084824Thu, 16 Feb 2012 06:56:28 +0000BBCfacebook70'ssleep apneareadinghatice creambirthdayphotographyJaguarholidaymaskHarry Potterjane austengamesmarriageYouTubetenantsBostonEvelynboomboxsocial networkingrunningelementary schoolnew mediajunior highfamilysense and sensibilitytrash-pickingnew jerseylandlordsAunt Lynn57 busallston-brightonBrightonblogssandalshttp://pam5.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Pam5)Blogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9066883606224084824.post-8443004061835043872Thu, 10 Jul 2008 21:36:00 +00002008-12-09T17:21:28.965-05:00I Only Like Pink GumWhose Birthday is Next?You Were Yellow Last Time!The Guy Who Lives in the Rooming House, and His Scary HairAre You A Girly-Girl?Our Parents Make Us Watch The Simpsons. Yes It's A Cartoon But It's Really Inappropriate.Fans of Artesani Park, BrightonCan I Please Please Please Have A Dog? How Old Do I Have To Be? Ten? What Do You Mean, We'll See?Root Beer: What DOESN'T Have http://pam5.blogspot.com/2008/07/facebook-groups-my-kids-would-join-if.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Pam5)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9066883606224084824.post-8529885361172688278Mon, 07 Jul 2008 13:42:00 +00002008-12-09T17:21:29.687-05:00JaguarfamilyThis 1954 Jaguar XK120 belonged to my paternal grandfather who drove it while he was living in White Plains, NY. Following his death it was stored in a chicken coop in northern New Jersey. When the farmer sold the chicken coop in the early '70's, my father removed it to the now-defunct farm where we were living, in Blawenburg, New Jersey, where it stayed until 1980, when the garage my father http://pam5.blogspot.com/2008/07/1954-jaguar-restoration-complete.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Pam5)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9066883606224084824.post-1044589439928720494Mon, 26 May 2008 21:26:00 +00002008-06-02T21:09:56.419-04:00YouTubeAunt LynnEvelynHarry Potterjane austenMireya and I rate this 5 out of 5 stars. We think Evelyn and Aunt Lynn might enjoy it.http://pam5.blogspot.com/2008/05/5-star-video-from-youtube.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Pam5)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9066883606224084824.post-3469154040894393007Sun, 25 May 2008 12:26:00 +00002008-12-09T17:21:29.776-05:00social networkingnew mediafacebookI signed up for a facebook account about 3 months ago because Dexter did. The first time I met anybody with an account was in 2006 when I took a course in marketing and was on a group project with a bunch of twenty-somethings. The two young women from the U.S. argued that Facebook was the place to network, while the young man from India preferred Orkut, which is owned by Google. I've since readhttp://pam5.blogspot.com/2008/05/facebook-for-forty-somethings.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Pam5)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9066883606224084824.post-322187900731532538Sat, 24 May 2008 23:53:00 +00002008-05-24T19:57:26.491-04:00Bianca has been working on her cartwheel. Here she is in Larz Anderson park, Brookline. might be fuzzy. http://pam5.blogspot.com/2008/05/cartwheels-in-may.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Pam5)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9066883606224084824.post-1366623141306710278Fri, 09 May 2008 20:02:00 +00002008-12-09T17:21:30.060-05:00photographyBrighton57 busThanks to the recent potlatch of friends Pat & Erika, Bianca is now the owner of a tiny digital camera. That's my thumb, for scale. The camera lives up to its claim in its manual: "The most convenient feature is that you can communicate with others face to face through Internet.The Mini Digital Camera makes your life more beautiful." Unfortunately during the first 15 blocks of our trip on the http://pam5.blogspot.com/2008/05/day-1-bianca-as-photojournalist.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Pam5)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9066883606224084824.post-4219193998867266060Fri, 18 Apr 2008 01:12:00 +00002008-12-09T17:21:30.495-05:00sandalsnew jerseyjunior high70'sIt took me almost 30 minutes worth of search engine wrangling to find an image of the sandals I wore all summer when I was around 12 or 13. Fredflare.com (thanks Annie) has nifty sandals for sale and as I was perusing the options, I had a sudden sense memory of the sandals of my mid-70's youth. They were flip flops that were slightly platform (about 3/4" high), had a woven straw base, and http://pam5.blogspot.com/2008/04/alas-poor-zoris.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Pam5)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9066883606224084824.post-6434562937320017096Fri, 11 Apr 2008 17:00:00 +00002008-12-09T17:21:30.700-05:00games"Tumblin' Monkeys" just arrived at our house from Amazon, and stands about 10 inches high. The cute little monkeys dangle by their curly tails from the neony plastic branches which are strategically placed by the players in advance of the tree's colonization by monkeys.Your job is to gradually remove the sticks while endeavoring to prevent the monkeys from tumbling to the fake sand under the http://pam5.blogspot.com/2008/04/tumblin-monkeys.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Pam5)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9066883606224084824.post-1597832177934718055Tue, 08 Apr 2008 17:27:00 +00002008-12-09T17:21:30.972-05:00ice creamBostonToday is Opening Day for the Red Sox which means free ice cream at JP Licks! Uncle Jesse reigns supreme (again) in my office in the category of speed and grace of food/beverage/condiment consumption. JP Licks had run out of regular sized spoons at JP Licks but UJ managed to consume his whole dish with a teeny tiny spoon (pictured above, with a regular spoon for scale), while maintaining a fluent http://pam5.blogspot.com/2008/04/jp-licks-best-customer.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Pam5)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9066883606224084824.post-248525097077577925Mon, 07 Apr 2008 16:53:00 +00002008-12-09T17:21:31.228-05:00jane austensense and sensibilityBBCLast night the final part of the BBC's 2008 version of Sense and Sensibility aired on Masterpiece Classic. S&S TV 2008 v. S&S film 1995 (Ang Lee):--2008 has a younger cast all round which I thought was an improvement, except for the 2008 Mrs. Dashwood, who is too tall and generally too noticeable (she is better looking than the female leads which is distracting.--Less funny - The 1995 version http://pam5.blogspot.com/2008/04/sense-and-sensibility-2008-round-up.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Pam5)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9066883606224084824.post-1572948971370297246Thu, 03 Apr 2008 02:39:00 +00002008-12-09T17:21:31.408-05:00birthdayHappy Birthday M.C.! Here is a mixed tape in honor of the day. [Technical note - look for the link "play now". You do NOT have to set up a Rhapsody account to listen to the play list.]Journey with me back to 1983. Maybe later you can give me a ride to the Orange Julius at Quaker Bridge Mall? My Rhapsody Playlisthttp://pam5.blogspot.com/2008/04/happy-birthday-mc.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Pam5)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9066883606224084824.post-7929458301077883340Wed, 02 Apr 2008 14:00:00 +00002008-12-09T17:21:31.699-05:00masksleep apneahatDexter's pals at the sleep center finally hooked him up with his sleep apnea mask, formally known as CPAP - continuous positive airway pressure. The sleep center folks told him to show the kids the headgear right away, to avoid possible trauma if they needed to find him in the middle of the night.D. has also taken to wearing wool caps to bed to keep his shorn (wiffle) head warm - he makes a http://pam5.blogspot.com/2008/04/apnea-man-save-us.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Pam5)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9066883606224084824.post-4070698963611637237Mon, 31 Mar 2008 19:12:00 +00002008-04-02T10:20:11.056-04:00runningallston-brightonThe protagonist of Walker Percy's The Moviegoer derives meaning from what is on film or narrated. He feels more secure when he recognizes a place he knows from a film or book. I think this why I like this video I saw on Boston.com - two guys bedecked in retro jogging gear, running what is basically my bus route to and from work. http://pam5.blogspot.com/2008/03/running-through-allston-brighton.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Pam5)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9066883606224084824.post-7790681776381285673Mon, 17 Mar 2008 20:48:00 +00002008-03-17T16:49:47.576-04:00holidayMy late Aunt Peggy once said of traditional Irish music "too much of that and you want to kill someone." Proof may be found on YouTube:http://pam5.blogspot.com/2008/03/happy-saint-patricks-day.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Pam5)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9066883606224084824.post-506255256928443675Mon, 17 Mar 2008 20:32:00 +00002008-12-09T17:21:32.014-05:00boomboxtrash-pickingThe back door of our condo unit opens into the garbage area (it's unusual even in a cold climate for garbage to be kept inside, but that is our building's way) - the one upside to this feature is that we get first crack at the free stuff. There is an understanding that usable items will be lined against the wall, rather than pitched into the garbage cans. We have accumulated a desk from Bombay http://pam5.blogspot.com/2008/03/banner-day-in-garbage-room.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Pam5)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9066883606224084824.post-5717345336786020153Fri, 14 Mar 2008 18:57:00 +00002008-04-22T11:44:49.127-04:00tenantslandlordsBostonThis ad in boston.craigslist.org says "No undergrads please." So, does that mean, no full-time undergrads, no part-time undergrads, no undergrads who are not on track to graduate, or what? The newly approved zoning regulation is impossible to enforce.Is any Boston advocacy group going to step up to the plate to fight this in court? Earlier today I spoke on the phone with Eric Bourassa of http://pam5.blogspot.com/2008/03/boston-housing-lawsuit-anyone-anyone.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Pam5)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9066883606224084824.post-4445398960220622667Wed, 12 Mar 2008 20:10:00 +00002008-04-22T11:44:19.711-04:00birthdayBrother Paul has a birthday! Hooray! Paul, here is your present. You should have already listened to Rhonda Vincent from the CD I sent you for Christmas, but apparently you were too busy with the Jaguar, or gay porn (is there a difference?). So, here is a Rhonda Vincent song, FOR FREE:Rhonda Vincent, "The Water is Wide": My Rhapsody Playlisthttp://pam5.blogspot.com/2008/03/my-rhapsody-playlist-dolly-partons-new.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Pam5)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9066883606224084824.post-4011455975823106646Wed, 12 Mar 2008 20:03:00 +00002008-03-14T11:34:27.428-04:00 My Rhapsody PlaylistNever heard Donovan so Dylan-esque My Rhapsody PlaylistDolly Parton's new album, Backwoods Barbie, has had some good reviews. Here is "Jolene."http://pam5.blogspot.com/2008/03/josie-by-donovan.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Pam5)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9066883606224084824.post-4008260517743317450Wed, 12 Mar 2008 19:56:00 +00002008-03-12T16:01:51.061-04:00http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2008/03/overflow_crowd.htmlhttp://pam5.blogspot.com/2008/03/boston-zoning-commission-mistaken.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Pam5)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9066883606224084824.post-8473305044542389658Thu, 06 Mar 2008 20:28:00 +00002008-03-10T17:06:39.200-04:00Boston City Councilor Mike Ross has proposed an amendment to zoning regulation that would limit the number of college students who can live together in a residential area to four. I understand the desire to keep rental rates in a range affordable to families of one or two wage-earners, who might not be able to afford the rent for a 3 or 4 bedroom apartment that parent-subsidized groups of 4 or http://pam5.blogspot.com/2008/03/say-no-to-interference-with-boston.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Pam5)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9066883606224084824.post-580349287188618361Wed, 05 Mar 2008 21:52:00 +00002008-05-01T11:19:36.300-04:00blogsmarriageThe answer, apparently, is no, as least for one Penelope Trunk. This blogger/Boston Globe columnist'smost widely read posts tend to be on the subject of work-life balance - specifically, on her own home life and lack of balance/communication therein. My husband and I wondered how HER husband felt about her sharing the details about their marriage counseling, to wit: "At this point, I think my http://pam5.blogspot.com/2008/03/can-this-marriage-be-blogged.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Pam5)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9066883606224084824.post-3342664877298359731Mon, 03 Mar 2008 20:22:00 +00002008-12-09T17:21:32.299-05:00As mentioned below, Lorin Maazel, conductor of the New York Philharmonic, pictured on the left, is a transfixing dude. He bears an uncanny resemblance to the late actor Ed Flanders, who played Dr. Westphall in the 80's TV drama "St. Elsewhere," which was set in the fictional "St. Eligius Hospital," said to be based on Boston's City Hospital.http://pam5.blogspot.com/2008/03/maestro-maazel-and-actor-flanders.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Pam5)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9066883606224084824.post-518905316833890143Mon, 03 Mar 2008 20:00:00 +00002008-12-09T17:21:32.539-05:00My niece Evelyn turns 7 today! HAPPY BIRTHDAY EVIE! Hope to watch White Christmas with you someday. Look at Vera-Ellen, to the right in the photo. Cool name, right? How does Evelyn-Louise sound?http://pam5.blogspot.com/2008/03/happy-birthday-evelyn.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Pam5)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9066883606224084824.post-4433289366440895626Fri, 29 Feb 2008 22:07:00 +00002008-02-29T17:28:57.296-05:00I saw an article in the New York Times about a new television drama, "In Treatment" about a psychiatrist, Dr. Weston, played by Gabriel Byrne - apparently the viewers are fascinated by Weston/Byrne's hands.He got nothing on Lorin Maazel, conductor of the New York Philharmonic. I watched the broadcast of the Philharmonic's concert in Pyongyang last night, and was transfixed by Maazel's fingers.http://pam5.blogspot.com/2008/02/got-whole-peninsula-in-his-hands.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Pam5)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9066883606224084824.post-2401734136611087409Wed, 27 Feb 2008 03:12:00 +00002008-12-09T17:21:32.785-05:00Procrastination, part 2. Multitasking on the computer means playing internet radio with optional trippy Windows Media Player "visualizations". I like WERS. Weeknight evenings 7 - 10 pm means the "Rockers" show. I decided to look up the Rockers term on wikipedia and found some discussion of the etymology of the word "reggae". According to this extremely credible source, "reggae" sounds a lot http://pam5.blogspot.com/2008/02/wers-and-wikipedia-etymologies-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Pam5)0