Mario Hilario (a newscaster in Rhode Island)Will Paradise (an ex-boss)Henry Vumbaca (honorable mention to his dad, Dino Vumbaca)Kim Komando (if this were not taken, I’d change my name to it)
I don’t choose names for this list just because they’re funny-sounding. The Name of the Year blog already does that. The name has to be someone [...]
Entries from May 2007
May 25, 2007
My favorite names (a list in progress).
May 18, 2007
Geeks’ night out.
O’Reilly Media (the company I work for) is holding the first Ignite Boston! at Tommy Doyle’s in Harvard Square on May 31. Ignite Boston is based on the Ignite Seattle events, founded by Brady Forrest (www.igniteseattle.com). The concept behind Ignite is that it’s a place for geeks to drink beer, hang out, MAKE something, and [...]
May 16, 2007
Thunderheads.
OK, I took this picture at 3:45 PM. I looked up from my computer and thought I had fallen asleep and woken up at 8:45 PM. It was that dark out. It wasn’t raining very hard, just scarily dark. Later, there was thunder, and warnings of possible hail or even a tornado. I love thunder. [...]
May 14, 2007
More fundraising.
The Marathon Mama update: Kristina Pinto met her goal of raising over $7,500 for the Dana-Farber Marathon Challenge. As you’ll see if you click the link, a serious knee injury prevented her from completing the 26.2 miles of the race…on race day, anyway. Kristina is determined to finish the course as soon as her knee [...]
May 5, 2007
More knitting in spirit.
I did eventually finish the prayer shawl I wrote about in an earlier post. I’m going to start another one, but meanwhile here’s a perfect and timely project for those looking for a smaller time committment: Hokie Healing. (Hokie is the name for the Virginia Tech athletes.)
Knitters and crocheters are asked to create 8″ [...]
May 3, 2007
Pee and Q.
One late morning recently I saw a well dressed, well groomed young man, complete with cellphone and messenger bag, relieving himself against this column. He was actually standing on the opposite side of this brick wall, and had enough class to face away from the street. Although I could only see his upper body, the [...]
