Today was the first session of the Cape Technology Workshop.
Seeing all those little faces – 15 of them – what a feeling…
Utter Nonsense
Last Friday, officials from the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston met with several dozen business leaders here and made the incredible statement that “the Cape’s economy has been a bright spot in the state”.
Overnight, with Grands
Had a great time with P&B’s kids, an unplanned overnight visit that extended into Saturday with a trip a local farm for pumpkin “picking” and later to the Kennedy Memorial Skating Rink in Hyannis.
Spoiled?
Maybe it’s the weather or coincidence, but recently, 3 women in my acquaintance have reported issues, 2 pretty serious, resulting from a common cause: mothers spoiling their daughters rotten and getting bitten in the backside as a result.
Melanie’s Bill
Massachusetts legislators have been notoriously lenient on drunk drivers, theory being that a lot of them make a good living as defense attorneys for clients charged with DUI.
Examples of same include House Speaker Salvatore DiMasi and Reps. Michael Costello, Daniel Webster and Eugene O’Flaherty.
DiMasi, in fact, appointed the latter three to the conference committee which has been tasked with reconciling the Mass. House and Senate versions of Melanie’s Bill.
Good News, Bad News, Worse News
The MetroWest Daily News reported yesterday that bankruptcy filings in Massachusetts have quadrupled this month as compared to last October.
Reason is, the new bankruptcy law takes effect this coming Monday.
Jenson v. Eveleth
This is the lawsuit that inspired the film “North Country”, which is opening later this month, October 21.
Here’s a link to a timeline for the actual lawsuit.
Ugly New Trend?
As if contract programming wasn’t difficult enough:
Over the past couple of days (yes, even over the holiday weekend), I received two calls from women with incomprehensible Indian accents recruiting me on behalf of US companies.
Frontline: the OJ Verdict
D*d fine program.
A 10-year retrospective on the OJ Simpson trial, it reflects exactly how I felt about the trial and the verdict.
Bodhisattva
Yesterday’s seminar included a statement by a Professor of Theology that a Bodhisattva postpones their own Enlightenment to absorb the “suffering, grievance, sickness” of the world.