Tag Archives: Massachusetts

The power of Positive Yelping!

Yelp, the user-generated business review site, has drawn both admiration and ire since it began. Personally, I’ve been a devoted Yelper and Yelp Elite member since January 2007. User reviews, like comic book superpowers, can be used for Great Good or Great Evil. I’ve always tried my best to keep my reviews fair and, in [...]
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Bruce Freeman Rail Trail in Chelmsford, MA

An extended review of the Bruce Freeman Rail Trail, complete with photos of the trail.
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Whale watching off Cape Ann

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Conversation at the Red Lion Inn

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Sunset in Lee

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mvarmazis.com 2.0

Just two quick notes—I updated the site, and I'm moving.
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A call for crafters—help out the victims of the Everett fire!

As most Boston-area residents know by now, yesterday there was a massive gas-truck explosion in Everett, Mass., which took out many cars and several homes in a huge conflagration. I don’t know if you’ve seen the photos, but the destructive power of the fire was positively hellish. Miraculously nobody was killed or even hurt in [...]
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Holiday craziness and the best spam ever

Best spam ever: I just got an email with this as the subject line: “Wheelchair Adult Torpedo Vampire Leg Feather Shoes”
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Post amnesia

I’m biking for The Hub On Wheels in two weeks and have been preparing for it. I’m only doing the 25-mile route as I have something to do that afternoon (XKCD meetup!), but I was curious if I am physically capable of biking the full 40-ish mile route. So just for kicks a few weeks [...]
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Update from a busy July: Hogwarts Square, ArtBea(s)t, and a tourist trip to Nantucket and Old Ironsides

Twice in a row, I’m apologizing for infrequent posts. For better or worse, things have been pretty busy since I got back from vacation. So I don’t bore you all to tears with minute details of my goings-on, I’ll summarize with the aid of four pictures:
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