Mitch Blum

Since the earliest days of the automobile Bostonians have been admired and respected for their legendary driving skills. Long before the term “road rage” was invented, aggressive driving was all the rage in the hub of the universe. Driving anywhere in the country with a Massachusetts license plate on your car is fair warning to [...]

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As one who is deeply in tune with the subtlest forms of matter known to mankind, I operate with an extremely sophisticated level of perception. While many of you mechanically trudge from home to the office and back again barely noticing your surroundings, I am strongly aware of anything and everything that is happening around [...]

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Kids have it so easy nowadays. Sure, it’s hotter than ever due to global warming but public schools have gone soft. Back in the early 1980s when I was in middle school we had two problems that today’s kids would never have to deal with. First, there was no air conditioning in school and secondly, [...]

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It’s hard to escape the fact that people seem to like puzzles. Me? Not so much. I prefer for my leisure activities to be ‘not boring’ and let’s face it – puzzles are super-boring.
Just to clarify, I’m not talking about jigsaw puzzles. Jigsaw puzzles are still kind of boring but they’re also kind of fun [...]

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Introduction
While I generally admire the concept behind the “Not for Tourist” book series – i.e. “insider” information for the traveling hipster – the truth is that they’re still geared for tourists and they don’t always deliver on the “insider” information that you really need to survive and thrive in the little city with the big [...]

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