Recent content by jjk5

Re: A nice winter scene... Sorry, thought the parenthetical would suffice.

Looked out my office window in the Pru and was greeted with this picture drawn in the snow. (Potentially nsfw if crude snow drawings are too risque where you work) http://digg.com/odd_stuff/Giant_Snowballs

I'd say they're even older than that. The elevated highway is still there, and has cars traveling on it.

I think you misunderstood what I was saying. Obviously there's a use for air conditioning in New England, but I don't think it's outrageous that every residence rich or poor isn't outfitted with central air. I grew up in a household that never used an air conditioner and I made it out alive...

This is New England, not Florida. Not having central A/C is hardly deplorable living conditions. Most people would never use it, so what justifies the cost? Just throw in a window unit for the three hot days we get a year. I'd love to read your research that traces crime rates in poorer...

It's actually that little book icon near Govt Center. Time Warner Book Group which I believe is a publisher. Google must give it as a result when you search for "bookstore" in 02113. It also gives some place called "Eastern National" (the book in Charlestown). In reality I guess the closest...

You can pretty much guess at your score. If a majority of the the services in the pic below are within a quarter mile you'll probably be in the 90s. All it does is some business searches in a radius around your address and then calculates a score. Not the greatest algorithm in the world, but...

I'd say pretty well. My street in the North End got me a 92. What hurt me the most was the Loews being almost a mile away.