Bloston slang on TV - tonight! |
today Billy Baker and I appeared on a show called "The Boston Connection" to talk about Boston slang....the show will air again tonight at 10 p.m. on the Boston Neighborhood Network, which is Channel ...
Posted by Emily Sweeney (a.k.a. Spikey Em) on Fri, 30 May 2008 04:41:00 PST |
the evolution of Boston slang |
In this video, Billy Baker and I talk about tonic, dungarees, bobos, and other Boston words:Wicked Good Bostonisms Come and GoThe Boston Globe - May 25, 2008...
Posted by Emily Sweeney (a.k.a. Spikey Em) on Sun, 25 May 2008 03:32:00 PST |
Emerald Isle R.I.P. |
http://www.boston.com/thingstodo/gotoit/2008/04/i_miss_the_i
sle.html(hat tip goes out to Karen Q. for alerting me to this. sad to see that The Isle is no more...)...
Posted by Emily Sweeney (a.k.a. Spikey Em) on Thu, 01 May 2008 11:38:00 PST |
my latest Globe article: American Shoe Manufacturing (or lack thereof) |
I did a mini-documentary about the Alden Shoe Co., one of the few American footwear companies that still produces shoes in the US....here's the link to the video and article that appeared in the Globe...
Posted by Emily Sweeney (a.k.a. Spikey Em) on Fri, 25 Jan 2008 11:06:00 PST |
What kids do in gym class... |
....they don't play dodgeball anymore .....and red rover is a thing of the past.These days, students are taking power yoga, step aerobics, and playing ping pong and horshoes during gym class. Yes inde...
Posted by Emily Sweeney (a.k.a. Spikey Em) on Thu, 10 Jan 2008 02:48:00 PST |
Fire alarm boxes = Modern day telegraphs |
You know those little red boxes you see on street corners? Those boxes can send telegraph signals to the Fire Department. I wrote an article about this olde skool technology for the Globe.... here's t...
Posted by Emily Sweeney (a.k.a. Spikey Em) on Mon, 07 Jan 2008 12:58:00 PST |
read all about barf bags in today’s Globe |
I recently interviewed a guy who collects barf bags as a hobby. His name is Steve Silberberg, and he's the official curator of the Air Sickness Bag Museum. Here's the link to the story from today's Gl...
Posted by Emily Sweeney (a.k.a. Spikey Em) on Thu, 03 Jan 2008 03:29:00 PST |
Bloodfeast T-shirts! |
We have a bunch of Bloodfeast T-shirts left over from the Halloween party....if you're interested in getting one, let me know. Suggested donation is $15 - $20....it all goes to the NESPJ scholarship f...
Posted by Emily Sweeney (a.k.a. Spikey Em) on Sat, 29 Dec 2007 03:22:00 PST |
my latest story: horse thieves in Dedham |
There's this organization called the The Society in Dedham for Apprehending Horse Thieves. For real -- they've been around since 1810. I wrote a story about them recently... you can read it here....
Posted by Emily Sweeney (a.k.a. Spikey Em) on Mon, 24 Dec 2007 07:47:00 PST |
...another video from Saturday night... |
Bloodfeast 2007
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Posted by Emily Sweeney (a.k.a. Spikey Em) on Fri, 02 Nov 2007 12:00:00 PST |
