Thanks for the link, it’s good advice.

Fingers crossed, hope you’re right. Will the rule of law save us, yes/no?

I think the gun thing is different from investment banking and even tobacco. Guns are a quasi-religious issue for their enthusiasts at this point, so it’s more viscerally grass roots than the others. Sure, smokers griped about being made second-class citizens and there was a kind of movement about it, but smokers knew…

Have you read the Rivers of London series? The protagonist, Peter Grant studies magic using the scientific method. Highly recommend these books.

Dorothy Dunnett does great historical fiction. I’d describe it as literary historical romance. The series I’m re-reading right now is The House of Niccolo (first book: Niccolo Rising). It’s set in Europe of the 1460s - lots of fascinating background on the period, well developed characters, and a nice soapy plot.…

Starred for being the first person online in ages to use “diffuse” instead of “defuse.” Good job using the English language!

And you can’t find the old episodes of Ground Force anywhere. The only thing available is a DVD that doesn’t even have full episodes.

I remember reading this book to my kids!

That is so pretty - what a great idea!

I take an ethics and security course every year too, mandated by my global tech company. It actually makes me feel slightly better about the giant corp I work for.

In the knit version, the upper part is stockinette stitch, which normally worn with  purl on the ‘wrong’ side, knit on the ‘right’ side. But the other commenters might be right - the hat in the picture could be crochet. Looks like purl to me, but I could be wrong.

This is silly, I know, but that hat is inside out.

And a further update: Mayor Marty Walsh said we topped 135,000. We were packed in like sardines, I can tell you that.

Boston had 105,000.

Update: the organizers announced we topped 105,000!

Boston, they’re expecting >60,000.

Capuano is a fiery leftist, and not afraid to show it. I hope he keeps his job.

Me too. Fellow odd and shy person here. Maybe it’s a function of the odd shyness?

I was living in Santa Barbara years ago and when fall came I had to fly home to MA.

If they have to perform, they should do it out of sync - kicking all ragged, falling down, and so on.