Radio is a sound salvation
I’ll be sitting in on air with the T&G’s Dianne Williamson at 1PM on WCRN 830 AM today. Yet another excellent opportunity to hear me make a complete mockery of my families’ good name in a public forum! And you don’t even need to dust off your old transistor radio, just tune in from the comfort of your cubicle with this handy link.
And don’t forget to tune in at 6:30PM to WTAG 580 where I join the wise and powerful Mike Messina each and every Monday with the goal of solving all the worlds problems, so you don’t have to. Also available as a handy internet stream.
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William Breault: Stupidest man in Worcester, part 3
In today’s T&G a story about the apparent success of the cities new Yellow Boxes for needle disposal. Billy, what do you have to say on the matter?
“I haven’t found an environmentally or socially conscious drug addict”
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He’s making it too easy folks.
I tried finding people with either an environmental or social component to their fame, I’ll happily entertain criticisms or make adjustments to the list via comments. Why the T&G keeps printing his crap is beyond me but it really makes them appear lazy to anyone who made it through second grade.
Marcus Aurelius - Opium
Marion Barry - Cocaine
Frederic Bartholdi - Coca Wine
Gregory Bateson - LSD
Elizabeth Barrett Browning - Opium, Amphetamine
William Burroughs – Cocaine, Heroin, Mescaline, Opium, Psilocybin, LSD, Cannabis, Ayahuasca, Methamphetamine
Lewis Carrol - Hashish
Ray Charles - Heroin
Grover Cleveland - Cocaine
William Clinton - Cannabis
Jean Cocteau - Opium
Samuel Taylor Coleridge - Laudanum (Opium)
Wilkie Collins […]
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A stupid week of stupid
Wow. This was a hell of a week for those of us who enjoy a good laugh at the expense of local elected officials and other public figures. At last count Worcester took exactly 32 baby steps backward this week, leaving us approximately in 1957. Good work Worcester!
Here’s the highlight reel:
Billy and Babs Up in Smoke
The Wheeler & Woolsey of the Worcester Temperance Movement, Billy Breault and Barbara Haller saw by far the most action this week. Not ones to settle with forcing a private business to pay police to patrol public ways the pair found the time to draft a letter to a whole bunch of local officials regarding the use of Narcan to keep people alive. The letter is ultimately an exercise in patience. If you could imagine an early alchemist attempting to debate a modern day theoretical physicist in the basic […]
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Is Charter Communications violating MA state law?
Over the last few weeks on 508, Mike Benedetti and I have been discussing Charter Communications plans to begin monitoring customer web traffic to better target advertising. And examining the process used by the company they’ve contracted with on this, NebuAd, has raised more questions than it’s answered. After reading Ryan Singels take on the opt-out process over at WIREDs Threat Level, another question seems to be floating out there. Is any of this even legal? Now, Singel is talking about federal wiretap law, but for those of you who have been following this story on a local level here’s the language in the MGL regarding wire taps. I’d love to hear people’s thoughts as to how Charters plan would or would not be a violation of MGL Chapter 272: Section 99 which reads in part:
D. Exemptions.
1. Permitted interception of wire or oral communications.
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Artigo/Ajemian Films announce “We Got the Beat”Casting Call
Just recived this bit of news from our good friend Andrea Ajemian:
Artigo/Ajemian Films (www.aafilms.com) of Worcester, MA is seeking actors for their teen comedy, set in 1983, about the first ever boyband called “We Got the Beat,” shooting this summer in Worcester County. It stars Michael Copon (“One Tree Hill”) with 7-10 additional cast members from Hollywood. That leaves about 40 principal roles to be cast locally, including two members of the boyband/lead roles. (African American male 18-23 yrs. old, who can rap/breakdance, and Latino male, 18-23 yrs. old who can rap/sing/breakdance). We need all ethnic types, breakdancers, singers, actors . All speaking roles will be paid jobs. It will be a SAG film, so professional, union actors are encouraged to submit, however we also encourage people who aren’t professional actors. Send your photo, contact information, age, if under 18, and any experience (choir, […]
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Struck Café down for the count
Not so quiet whispers of the Strucks shuttering have been circulating since around the New Year. Yesterdays T&G finally confirmed that the restaurant, long viewed as one of Worcesters most exclusive dining experiences, is no more. Seems that back taxes will go down as the death blow, with one of the owners Jeffrey Cotter […]
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The Wednesday short list of stupid
Half-Assed state agency websites
After reading today’s T&G story on the increase of local coyote sightings I figured I would wander over to the MA Department of Fish and Game website to do a little research on coyote population growth since the 1996 trapping ban in the state. Well as reality would have it that […]
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Irrational Public Radio
If you’re a fan of public radio and also happen to be a fan of parodies, the fine folks at Irrational Public Radio have just the thing for you. Former Worcesterite turned all around interesting actor/comedian type, Joe Smith was kind enough to turn me on to his latest project which is available in […]
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