Saturday, June 20, 2009

Saturday morning roundup

A silver lining of the recession: navigating Home Depot is about to become easier. Also, were you aware that...
"Economists and analysts forecast that it will take up to 10 years to return to 2007 levels of consumer spending — which makes now a good time for retailers to re-imagine the future."
or that "innovations like Neoprene and Teflon came out of the Depression"?

Just like a New York newspaper--ironically, the one that owns the Boston Globe-- to characterize Dorchester as "a touch neighborhood." First of all, isn't it a little big to be "a neighborhood"? Second, there are too many neighborhoods in Dorchester to be able to characterize it as 'tough' in its entirety. And this is coming from someone who used to live in Dorchester (but not in a triple decker, mind you).

Having been to Hawaii on business, more than once, this Aloha Fridays thing throws me. In my experience, people where Hawaiian shirts to work every day of the week. But that's my only disagreement with (and glib comment on) that very sad yet very true article.

A Palau diplomat defends his country against the insinuation of membership in the Coalition of the Billing.

Ray Bradbury's contributions to humanity are many; enough, I guess, to make up for having helped to launch Arnold Schwarznegger's career.

Gail Collins assesses the GOP's options for 2012.

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