Doug Haslam
Gischeleman: "To Create With the Mind"
December, 2007
Must you dine at the mall during the holidays?
This what enforce shopping – e.g., Christmas – does to the human condition. A few tricks to having lunch at the mall during December, if you must: 1. Be willing to walk. Park far away, it’s much faster than circling for a primo spot. If you don’t think you can walk it and you don’t [...]
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In praise of local businesses
There’s nothing wrong with national chains- if the product and service is good, and the company isn’t totally evil. However, there is nothing like a local business. Pronizing local establishments really makes you feel a part of the community. This is Antoine’s bakery in Newton, Maschusetts, which opened in 1954. Mobile post sent by DougH [...]
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Doug’s Snowy Commute
(UPDATE: Comments welcome below of course, but also share your story on the “Awful commute Wiki” established by Bryan Person.) Yesterday’s (12/13/07) snowsotrm in the Boston area was no record breaker, but its timing meant one of the worst homeward commutes in recent memory. Stories about abandoning cars by the Charles River, stopping short of [...]
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