http://www.tegarden.com/content Wed, 20 Jan 2010 23:37:43 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Walking around Chinatown a few days back, I came across a shuttered storefront with a court restraining order posted on it. Being Chinatown, this isn't too strange: stores are not infrequently shut down for selling counterfeit goods. But this is the first time I've seen a place shut down for ... http://www.tegarden.com/content/closed-by-court-order/ This posted sign in front of the Hamilton-Madison House—one of the local projects settlement houses—would have a kind of retro charm if not for the grime and fractured glass. More info. http://www.tegarden.com/content/a-settlement-house/ After about 16 hours of non-stop snow, we actually managed to get a bit of accumulation: [gallery] http://www.tegarden.com/content/more-snow/ Today was the first snowy day of the season! Beautiful, and much better than the freezing rain we saw earlier in the month. http://www.tegarden.com/content/first-snow/ Quite a crowd trying to take Fung Wah back to Boston on Thanksgiving Sunday! http://www.tegarden.com/content/fung-wah-insanity/ Environmental topics: Which is the lesser evil: coal or nuclear power? Is "shelter-in-place" home-building the solution to California's annual wildfires? http://www.tegarden.com/content/daily-reading-20090924/ Education reading: Is education a placebo? Yes, it's still possible to be successful without going to college. http://www.tegarden.com/content/daily-reading-20090923/ Judging the USPS by comparison to kiwifruit. Speaking of food, people pay less for it nowadays. http://www.tegarden.com/content/daily-reading-20090922/ Monday mockery: H. L. Mencken's obituary (certainly not a eulogy) for William Jennings Bryan. Using quotes from the Founding Fathers against modern-day politicians. http://www.tegarden.com/content/daily-reading-20090921/ Phew. I'm back from my Canada / New England vacation. Now, I need to fit in some power-relaxing over the weekend before heading off again Sunday evening for a work recruiting trip. Vital statistics: Time: Seven days Distance driven: 1400 miles Countries: Two (United States, Canada) U.S. states: Seven (New Jersey, New York, Maine, New ... http://www.tegarden.com/content/back-from-vacation/