ATHF attacks Boston!
“It’s a hoax — and it’s not funny,” Gov. Deval Patrick said.
Actually, I beg to differ, guvna.
You’ll have to work real hard to get anything more humorous to happen on your watch. Good luck with that.
And thanks for keeping me safe from mooninites!
Statement from Turner Broadcasting
The ”packages” in question are magnetic lights that pose no danger. They are part of an outdoor marketing campaign in 10 cities in support of Adult Swim’s animated television show Aqua Teen Hunger Force. They have been in place for two to three weeks in Boston, New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Atlanta, Seattle, Portland, Austin, San Francisco, and Philadelphia. Parent company Turner Broadcasting is in contact with local and federal law enforcement on the exact locations of the billboards. We regret that they were mistakenly thought to pose any danger.Shirley Powell
SVP, Corporate Communications
And just in case the kiddies were paying attention thebostonchannel.com has taken it upon themselves to protect us all from the cartoon LEDs evil LED finger, with a blur. Good to see the spirit of Cromwell lives on.
ParkingBan comes alive
The moment I forgot I was waiting for came tonight as the Worcester ParkingBan AIM bot came alive to inform me it was time to bust out the folding chairs!
ParkingBan
9:28
Hey Buck, I wanted to let you know that the City of Worcester has declared a winter parking ban in effect as of 11:30 p.m. on Tuesday, January 30, 2007. Remember you can respond to me to find out where you are allowed to park or to check the weather. Happy Parking!
Good work ParkingBan bot guys. You’ve just proven yourselves more useful than air-raid sirens, amber alerts and that ridiculous Emergency Broadcast System.
Four hours three dinners
Last night was the Worcester’s Best Chef competition at Union Station and we headed down expecting a typical mediocre crowd for a Sunday in Worcester.
Holy shit.
What we found was reminiscent of a sale on rakes at Spags circa 1978. There had to be 1500+ packed into the main hall at Union Station, shoulder to shoulder on the verge of fisticuffs over deliciousness. If that sounds negative, trust me it’s not the intention. This event was promoted so well, through a number of channels, any frustration lies with Worcesterites who are still learning how to operate in a crowd. I think we need a class, maybe Tim Cooney can set something up through the Central Massachusetts Safety Council, to teach defensive walking. We’ll build an obstacle course on the common and take turns navigating crowded walkways with over-poured drink in hand. And Tim can roll cardboard cutouts of aloof pedestrians in-front of us. Those who fail the course loose the right to operate their feet in public. Since this obviously genius safety plan is still in the works and out of fear that celebrity judge Mark Atlas would start a stampede if he did his thing, we bailed early.
Still hungry and slightly traumatized, we shot over to Coral Seafood to polish off the night. No such luck. Beautiful decor; quite possibly the most difficult exchange with wait-staff ever. I’ll leave it there as I’m feeling unusually generous today.
Now at the point of starvation we roll down to Bocado. As expected, fucking great. Food was great. Service was great. Decor? yup, great. Wine flights should be mandatory for all restaurants. I’m certainly not qualified as a food critic, so I’ll save you the punishment of a review. Just assume I’m right and the Block5/Bocado guys are some of a handful in Worcester who know what great service is.
I’ll give you something to cry about
Elly Kulesza. Truly the non-story of this young century. Yet Worcesters own three year old airline terrorist has made more noise, both literally and figuratively, than Alberto Gonzalezs’ recent denial of the right of habeas corpus. For those of you who have better things to do with your time than track the opinions of approximately 100 slightly inconvenienced Florida vacationers, here’s a recap:
1. Three year old cries on a plane
2. Three year old crying on plane becomes news(!?)
3. Fark
4. Shock and awe
Yup, thats about it. And to think, the sun still managed to rise this morning. The only point of interest resulting from this silliness is Diane Williamsons yet to be confirmed claim that the Kulesza story is the the second most linked story in the T&G archive. The first, not surprisingly, involves a two headed kitten from Millbury. If I’m not mistaken the rules of Worcester media now require that young Elly fight the two headed kitten in this springs celebrity boxing event at the Palladium. If last weeks tantrum is any indication, the smart money is on ‘kitty‘
Apparently Williamson missed it the first time around, but Joel Stein has some excellent advice for her.
