Andrew Schwartz

Noodles, meet Needles.

Too often it seems like usually three weeks between the milling and the paving. Glad to know you’re promising a single week.

Amen to that, especially when a single flight cancellation adds to the burden and we’re looking way past Worcester.

Nice, but I’d rather have one train daily equipped with a baggage car. They used to have it on the overnight 66/67.

I suppose it’s “easy” to inconvenience those of us who commute outside of rush hour. The MBTA has lately been running its wire inspection car between 10am and noon, and the subsequent delays stretch all the way into third-rail territory with trains often standing by at Bowdoin.

And I’ve even waited 20 min at night, then left a voicemail to 311. It’s an MUTCD compliance matter not to give a green bike signal when there’s any other conflict, even though concurrent pedestrian signals are perfectly ok. Obvious solution is to delay the right arrow when cars have full green.

Criticism of the 9am opening time when nearly every other TJ’s opens at 8.

If they ever ticket, it should be two tickets – one for each side of the two-way cycletrack blocked, one each placed under the left and right windshield wipers.

But when will outfront advertising add sound?

Left-Handed trombones are extremely rare but not entirely unheard of. Is this real, or is the video inverted?
cc @rittigers.bsky.social

YouTube video by grimscribe126 Original Takes for Orson Welles Wine Commercial

If Orson can call it Champagne...
youtu.be/VFevH5vP32s?...

Has anybody ever noticed how Frolic by Luciano Michelini (1974) seems similar to The Dick Van Dyke Show theme by Earle Hagen (1961)?

If you don't curb your enthusiasm, you might trip over an ottoman. And don't forget to keep your fingers crossed.

As a passholder, I’ll gladly step off at the Seaport Hotel and run downstairs through the gates at WTC. When I was in better shape before all the buildings went up and sidewalks weren’t lost to construction, I’d run all the way down Congress Street to South Station and beat the bus by two minutes.

Let's get BlueSky on this list please. @mbta.com

Since colonization, the mainland of the gulf coast has been under the rule of six regimes; the same Six Flags that have flown over Texas and give their name to a chain of amusement parks honoring them.

I’m calling it the Gulf of Six Flags. More flags, more fun.

One could call it the Gulf of the Confederacy, since only the rebel states and none of the original colonies have coastline. But even the 13th amendment omits the C-word to describe rebellious states.

Weather dot gov is a great resource, unlike the commercial alternatives bloated with ads. It would be a shame if these forecasts get 404'd.

Howard Liebengood
Brian Sicknick
Jeffrey L. Smith

Remember their names.

I’d love to see it reduced to two minutes, but not for environmental reasons. I could get to work much faster if the Massport shuttles stopped sitting at the rental car center for several minutes.

It’ll be the fifth game at 1 PM ET for Dallas, and Week 18 will make six - far fewer than their fare share. I don’t necessarily hate the Cowboys, but it’s easy to get sick of them being shoved down the throats of a national audience.

YouTube video by Svetlana Boginskaya 1996 Staples "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year" Back-to-School Commercial

It’s that time of year again… NOT!
(Yes I know there are higher quality copies of the ad, but this one retains the 1996 prices and the old slogan.)
youtu.be/4DComGO8JYo?...

Bottlegate. I’m sure the fans and the league hate to hear it, but it’s interesting.

I’m not much to use the like or repost button, but it’s up to the users, personal and business, to make their content as rich on their Bluesky accounts as it is/was on X.

With limited exception, I’ve been trying to wean myself off X by pairing a follow here with an unfollow there.

Ich frage mich selbst, wer zum Teufel ist Dieter?

The problem with triple point boost is you don't get that satisfaction of hitting the multiple of a thousand on the nose. Went right from 4,998 to 5,001.

Six daily LHG flights in the summer is enough of a squeeze already; it could be more if ITA ends up in the hands of LH.

FWIW I’d also like to see some implementation of adequate fender length for anything higher off the ground than at least a crossover SUV. It’s no fun on a bicycle getting splashed by a Range Rover in the rain.

I'm thankful for those who strive to be the envy of the neighborhood on Thanksgiving.