Archive for the 'Dirty water' Category



Where’s the fire?

Published on 28 July 2005

This morning, I made the fatal mistake of not running to board the train that was waiting at the platform when I got to the bottom of the vertiginous escalator, deciding not to work up a sweat and instead get the next one a couple of minutes later. Bad idea. When it arrived 5 minutes […]


Happy Evacuation Day!

Published on 17 March 2004

“What’s that?” you say as you hoist your Guinness or Shamrock Shake for another chug. “Sounds like a holiday for colonic therapists.” Unless you’re from the Boston area, you’re probably not hepped to this commemoration of the day the Revolutionary Army booted the Brits out of Boston. (Even though 26 March 1776 is the date […]