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Well, it’s news to me.

#GenX dad living in the #NorthShoreMA of #Boston

The idea of vibrant Boston nightlife is great. Also, being able to find parking right outside #AnnasTaqueria at 10pm on a Friday night for a late night quesadilla is also great.

Corean Reynolds is on a mission: Make Boston vibrant after-hours https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/04/19/business/corean-reynolds-is-mission-make-boston-vibrant-after-hours/

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Corean Reynolds is on a mission: Make Boston vibrant after hours

The “nightlife czar,” whose role is to repair Boston’s reputation for being dull after dark, is charged with a lot more than schmoozing all night.

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I’m onboard with prosecuting criminals that are #SWATting.

“They know what they’re doing,” Davis said of hoaxers. “We need to find the people responsible for it, and frankly, put them in jail for a long period of time.”

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/04/07/metro/swatting-incidents-police-training-identify-hoaxes/

Swatting incidents raise calls for better police training on hoaxes

Police experts say more training is necessary to help officers respond appropriately in such circumstances, to maintain their guard while deescalating the situation quickly until it is peacefully resolved.

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RIP #LanceReddick

“You didn’t hire him because he had done it before. You hired him because he did it as well as anyone ever has.”

https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-features/lance-reddick-played-the-boss-1234699305/

Remembering Lance Reddick: Why No One Played the Boss Like Him

The magnetic actor, famous for his performances in The Wire and the John Wick franchise, died on Friday.

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One day I will quote this to someone.

“If it’s zero degrees outside, and I put my coat on before stepping out of my house, I am not being negative. I am just being realistic.” Quote from Bill Ballou of the Worcester Telegram

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/03/08/sports/with-red-sox-hope-realism-can-exist-same-time/

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With Red Sox, hope and realism can exist at the same time

Predictions and expectations ultimately don't really matter. No one knows what’s going to happen, and that’s OK.

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During his #hockey career, Jaromir Jagr chose his No. 68 to remind folks of the year the Soviet Union invaded Czechoslovakia.

News to me.

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/03/03/sports/getting-baseball-up-speed-again-is-reason-rejoice-other-thoughts/

Getting baseball up to speed again is reason to rejoice, and other thoughts

In this opinion, the pitch clock is one of the three most important changes in the game over the last 100 years.

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When spelling things to people over the phone and they get it wrong, it reminds me that I should spend some time to get this down.

https://www.worldometers.info/languages/nato-phonetic-alphabet/

#NATOPhoneticAlphabet

NATO Phonetic Alphabet (Alpha, Bravo Charlie, Delta...) - Worldometer

Apparently I’m not the first to search for an answer to this question

Can You Put Mouthwash in a Waterpik? Best Mouthwash for Water Flossers
https://www.dentaly.org/us/best-water-flosser/waterpik-mouthwash/

#Mouthwash #Waterpik

Can You Put Mouthwash in a Waterpik Water Flosser?

Can I put mouthwash in a Waterpik? And what are the best mouthwash solutions to use in Waterpik water flossers? Can I use Listerine?

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I like the idea of #Boston brain power helping lead the direction for #Lego corporate.

“it’s become more and more evident to us that we could grow potentially even faster by being located closer to where the more talent is living,” said Skip Kodak, President of the Lego Group in the Americas.

Lego’s North American headquarters is coming to Boston

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/01/24/business/lego-headquarters-is-coming-boston/
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Lego’s North American headquarters is coming to Boston

The toymaker could bring hundreds of jobs to Mass. as part of moving its main US office from Enfield, Conn., with plans to grow once they get here.

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I perk up at stories of transformative experiences during transformative years

The radical, forgotten experiment in educational integration that changed my life
https://apps.bostonglobe.com/ideas/graphics/2023/01/experiential-learning-boston-lincoln/
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The radical, forgotten experiment in educational integration that changed my life | The Boston Globe

In 1971, kids from Roxbury and Lincoln spent half the year attending school together in Boston and the other half in the suburbs. Fifty years later, one of them tracked down his fellow students to see how the experience shaped them.