Category: Tales of the BH
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Halloween 2006: Captain America Part 2
When last we left our patriotic costume, we had just finished drawing all the details onto the front of the shield and then went to bed. Next on the list of things to do was the handles.
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Halloween 2006: Captain America Part 1
For some reason, about a month and a half ago I decided that I absolutely had to be Captain America for Halloween. For many weeks, I plotted and looked at pictures of the icon to see how I could make the costume work without it looking campy.
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A series of unfortunate events
So about a month ago, my best friend asked me if I was interested in some discounted Celtics tickets. I said sure. The last Celtics game I had been to featured Robert Parish, Kevin McHale, and Larry Bird. A couple weeks ago, my friend asked me for the money and I handed it over without…
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Playing Catch Up
Since I’ve been back from the convention, I feel like I’ve been playing catch up. When I got back to work I was immediately hit with a highly urgent project that had a 3 work-day turn around. I also had a LOT of post-convention decompression to take care of for Powet.TV. We didn’t get as…
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August 17th
Today is my birthday. I am officially 26 years old. Outside of the Nintendo DS from last weekend and the giant bear hug from my roommate (thanks Nat!) this morning, its been fairly uneventful. I’ll be heading back to Braintree this evening for our weekly Uno’s gathering, but I don’t envision that being anything out…
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Turning Point
I feel as though I have come to a turning point in my life today. While I am turning another year older in a few weeks, and I am going away on a trip shortly, it has nothing to do with either of those events. I came to the sudden realization this afternoon that my…
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Drying a camel's back
Not long after we moved into the Brighton House, my roommate Mike bought a camelbak to quench his thirst on those long bicycle rides along side the Charles River. Coincidentally, I came across this article days later. It describes how to create a Do-It-Yourself cheap Camelbak dryer using little more than just a plastic hanger.…
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Surprise Inspection
My roommate, Mike, just called me at work. He told me that there were two tickets on my parked car at home. As it turns out, I have an expired inspection sticker. As soon as I hung up with Mike, I sent a note out to my team letting them know I’ll be working from…
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BH2 Week One
It has now officially been a week since I moved into the Brighton House. I have an astounding amount of stuff to unpack still, but my room is starting to shape up quite nicely. In fact, the whole house is. There have been a few calls to my dad asking him how to get home,…