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		<title>The Pour House gets some Irish on &#8211; 03/17/2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 20:38:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Keith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Pour House shows its affinity for St Patrick's Day.


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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Is that the expression, I forget.</p>
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		<title>Never get in the way of a real estate agent and a deal</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 23:59:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Keith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It's a hot, hot real estate market so stay out of the way.  "I'm in a hurry, I don't have time to park!"


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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s a hot, hot real estate market so stay out of the way.  &#8220;I&#8217;m in a hurry, I don&#8217;t have time to park!&#8221;</p>
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		<title>All that time and effort ruined by one big Masshole</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 02:04:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Keith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A week ago, Thursday March 4, I was in the Citizens' Bank at the corners of Dartmouth and Boylston streets and looked out the window to observe a young man put out his cigarette by rubbing the lit end of it against the metal doorway of the new head-house leading into the Copley Square subway station.


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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A week ago, Thursday March 4, I was in the Citizens&#8217; Bank at the corners of Dartmouth and Boylston streets and looked out the window to observe a young man put out his cigarette by rubbing the lit end of it against the metal doorway of the new head-house leading into the Copley Square subway station.</p>
<p>Yep, it&#8217;s still there.  I can&#8217;t tell if it&#8217;s a permanent mark, but it sure looks like it.</p>
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		<title>A rowboat near Rowes Wharf, Boston, March 6, 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2010 00:17:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Keith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A beautiful day and a photo of a rowboat in Boston Harbor.


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<p>It was a beautiful day in Boston, today.  Not one sign of winter remains.</p>


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		<title>Hancock of the day, March 2, 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 01:44:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Keith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[John Hancock tower, March 2, 2010


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		<title>The rain. In the Fenway. At the Museum of Fine Arts.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Feb 2010 06:17:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Keith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It rained, this week.   Hard.


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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Squiggles.</p>
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		<title>MBTA bus kiosks; really, why bother?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 22:50:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Keith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you think I was mad I had to wait 30 minutes for a Route 66 bus, you're right.  Fortunately, I had something to focus my ire on.


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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you think I was mad I had to wait 30 minutes for a Route 66 bus, you&#8217;re right.  Fortunately, I had something to focus my ire on.</p>
<p>These bus kiosks are useless.  You couldn&#8217;t fit under them, if you tried.  Apparently, they&#8217;re built in such a way to protect the beautiful ads, not people.</p>
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		<title>Arrogance unbound, South End edition</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 01:10:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Keith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A driver in the South End disregards the needs of the handicapped.


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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>From the intersection of Shawmut Avenue and Washington Street, in the South End neighborhood of Boston.</p>
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		<title>Back Bay / South End Orange Line station leaks. A lot.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 22:38:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Keith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Millions of gallons of water are pumped out of MBTA&#8217;s Back Bay / South End Orange Line station, each day.
Sometimes, it even leaks on the inside.



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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Millions of gallons of water are pumped out of MBTA&#8217;s Back Bay / South End Orange Line station, each day.</p>
<p>Sometimes, it even leaks on the inside.</p>
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		<title>Um, Monday was a holiday?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 20:03:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Keith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes people forget when to put out their trash on the right day.

Sometimes, on my street, is every day.



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<p>Sometimes people forget when to put out their trash on the right day.</p>
<p>Sometimes, on my street, is every day.</p>


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