Seriously considering the hamster for lunch, its crate lined with the Daily Item, my bulging eyes glanced upon a most cockamamie headline: New Ordinance: Lynn Residents Get Fewer Trash Barrels. As i’ll put just about anything in my mouth and swallow it whole, i wanted to know if this new law would curtail my scavenging… [Read more…]
August 12, 2010
Obligatory joke about the rats in city hall. I’m glad I got that out of the way! For the past week, I have not seen a rat, nor have I seen evidence of rats coming and going. So I took this opportunity to clean the corner of my backyard where I first saw them. This… [Read more…]
August 8, 2010
August 6, 4:00 PM. If Shakespeare could coin new words, why can’t I? Deratification–the process of making a habitat unappealing–some would say, downright hostile– to members of the genus rattus. Which is what is now going on next door in the backlot of Pizza Lovers. There’s a cause and effect relationship at work here that delights… [Read more…]
July 23, 2010
This shows you how bad it can get. While Lynn doesn’t come close even on its worst days, myself and others still fume about the level of trash in our fair city. For me, it depends on what kind of day I’m having. Somedays I’m just too tired to care. “We live in a city,… [Read more…]
June 25, 2011
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