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Where the crytpids are

As our planet edges closer to the apocalypse, the escapist, fantasy world of cryptids is suddenly coming to life
Venture out into the waters and woodlands of New England, and there's a chance you'll bump into "Champ," America's own Loch Ness Monster, who allegedly plies the muddy ripples of Lake Champlain.
By: MIKE MILIARD  |  January 08, 2009

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Best/Worst case scenarios when Obama takes office

Fear and loathing? Or happy days? The only thing we know for sure about the coming year is that we're all in this together.
It will be the best of times. Or, perhaps, it will be the worst.
By: MIKE MILIARD  |  December 30, 2008

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10 People to watch out your money around

A pun-ishing economic climate
As the dominoes have fallen, one after another, in the Great Financial Crisis of 2008 and Almost Certainly 2009 and It's a Safe Bet Most of 2010 Too, we've noticed a disturbing and little-discussed undercurrent: many of the major players have names that are basically bad puns.
By: MIKE MILIARD  |  December 24, 2008

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Obama's Green team

Meet Obama's Green Dream Team
The past eight years have been marked by alternating feckless inactivity and outright hostility toward the environment.
By: MIKE MILIARD  |  December 18, 2008

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The Greater Boston Alternative-Comedy Festival

The Greater Boston Alternative-Comedy Festival
"He's beyond passionate — it's almost to the brink of sanity with him."
By: MIKE MILIARD  |  December 12, 2008

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Gift Guide: Gadgets and electronics

Anybody can give electronics that do something useful, it takes imagination to air-condition a dog
Like being visited by the Grinch instead of Santa, it looks as if Barack Obama is going to have to give up his beloved BlackBerry not long after this holiday season draws to a close.
By: MIKE MILIARD  |  December 12, 2008

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Best buy comic books

The world in comics
This season, there are two best buys when it comes to bang for your comic-book buck.
By: MIKE MILIARD  |  December 02, 2008

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Review: Drinky Crow show

Tony Millionaire's still best on the page
In the first animated adaptation of Tony Millionaire's sumptuously debauched comic strip Maakies , the soused Drinky Crow was voiced by erstwhile Conan O'Brien sidekick Andy Richter.
By: MIKE MILIARD  |  November 18, 2008

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Bridging the bi-partisan gap

Could an Obama administration mean an end to the red-state/blue-state divide?
It's worth reminding ourselves that when the Republicans are out of power, they go apeshit.
By: MIKE MILIARD  |  November 14, 2008

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Review: Magner's Irish Film Festival

The 10th Magners Film Festival
The 10th Magners Film Festival
By: MIKE MILIARD  |  November 11, 2008

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Spiegelman on Breakdowns

Drawing conclusions
"When you don't understand a painting, you assume you're stupid. When you don't understand a cartoon, you assume the cartoonist is stupid."
By: MIKE MILIARD  |  November 13, 2008

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Ted Fidy for great beer

Black gold
“Ten Fidy” is not the price per gallon, but simply the name of the latest, greatest beer from Oskar Blues Brewery in Lyons, Colorado.
By: MIKE MILIARD  |  October 31, 2008

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McCain stuck in cyber past

Will our next president be a geek hero or a guy who doesn’t e-mail?
Though he’s infamous for his aversion to computers, McCain is actually no Luddite.
By: MIKE MILIARD  |  October 30, 2008

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Black physicist aspires to time travel

For more than 50 years, UConn physics professor Ronald Mallett had a secret. Now that it's out, we may be one step closer to traveling back in time.
Ronald Mallett wanted to build a time machine.
By: MIKE MILIARD  |  November 14, 2008

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The road not yet traveled

A layman's guide to the science of time travel
In 1916, Albert Einstein published his general theory of relativity.  
By: MIKE MILIARD  |  October 21, 2008

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Rhapsodies in blues

Scissormen razor sharp on Luck in a Hurry
“There are a lot of people that play the blues with too much reverence. And that’s the reason that most blues sucks,” says Scissormen frontman (and Phoenix contributor) Ted Drozdowski.  
By: MIKE MILIARD  |  October 15, 2008

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State By State: A Panoramic Portrait of America

Searching for national identity in State By State: A Panoramic Portrait of America
In 1935, Franklin Delano Roosevelt established the Federal Writers’ Project (FWP) as part of the New Deal’s Works Projects Administration (WPA).
By: MIKE MILIARD  |  September 24, 2008

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Interview: Robert Pollard

An interview with Robert Pollard on the occasion of the landing of Boston Spaceships
Robert Pollard is a Renaissance man.
By: MIKE MILIARD  |  September 23, 2008

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Murder in six degrees

Peter Ivers — pals with john Belushi to the Circle Jerks — was killed in 1983. A new book recalls his fascinating life — and mysterious death.
You’ve probably never heard of Peter Ivers.
By: MIKE MILIARD  |  September 10, 2008

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Death of a hoop dream

Mario Hornsby Jr. was senselessly gunned down in May. Now his father is trying to make sure his death was not in vain.
This past fall, Mario Hornsby Jr., then a senior at Springfield Central High School, wrote an essay for English class.
By: MIKE MILIARD  |  August 28, 2008
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