Monthly Archives: March 2009
WEEI.com effing rules
Pax Arcana Do you like sports? Are you especially fond of sports played by men who are paid by wealthier men who declare Boston to be geographic center of their teams’ activities? Then you should check out the new WEEI.com, … Continue reading
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Rick Steves is high and high on Iran
Pax Arcana Like most well-traveled white hipsters with a powerful sense of irony, I have a deep and abiding love of Rick Steves — the hay-headed public television mainstay who hops around Europe leaving his nerdy imprint on every picturesque … Continue reading
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Friday Random 10: Sudoku Edition
Pax Arcana According to USA Today (helllllllooooo business travelers!), a computer science professor at Winthrop University says he’s perfected a fool-proof guide to solving Sudoku puzzles. If you’re not familiar with Sudoku, imagine staring a grid divided into three rows … Continue reading
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Horse thieves beware
Pax Arcana While the Internet gets all the attention these days, it is wise to remember that modern life is rife with scourges left over from olden days. For example, who hasn’t been the victim of a moustache tugging at … Continue reading
Thursday filler: In which Jaelynne and the Padre get their cake on
Father Scott Not even the dusty, conferency goodness of Las Vegas could keep me and epic commenter Jaelynne from getting our hands on some delicious cakey goodness. Be jealous, Paxites. And by the way, if you were wondering what I … Continue reading
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Nicholas Kristof has something to say
Pax Arcana Nicholas Kristof has something to say. It’s about the Internet, I think. I’m not sure. We’ll get to it in a minute, but in the meantime I just want to reassure people that this will not be a … Continue reading
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Wednesday Filler: SO MUCH CAKE!!
Pax Arcana While Father Scott is in Las Vegas eschewing dinner in favor of dancing with the laaaaaaaadies, we here in Massachusetts are stuck with our fluorescent lights and sad hangdog expressions. Except today. Because today was someone’s burfday. And … Continue reading
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How to stop the egg smell
Pax Arcana Atlantic Monthly food writer Corby Kummer — a demi-god of the Pax Arcana celestial hierarchy — hates that the smell of freshly prepared coffee is now forced to compete with the eggy scent of breakfast sandwiches at Starbucks. … Continue reading
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And now for a classic filler
Pax Arcana Because it’s St. Patrick’s Day, let’s all take a minute to remember this classic YouTube WIN about a leprechaun in Mobile, Alabama:
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Please stop me before I start ranting
Pax Arcana The demise of print newspapers and magazines is sad and tragic. Because for all the inefficiency required to hire reporters and editors, offer and maintain subscriptions, assemble and print in bulk, and ship booklets of paper all over … Continue reading
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