Article in The Ticker in the Boston Herald 6/7/08:

"Jay Roche, vice chairman and co-owner of Roche Bros., is leaving the Wellesley-based supermarket chain to "pursue other interests," the industry journal Progressive Grocer reported."

Well! This is very surprising...and very low-key.

Following the fabulous and fun South End unveiling and silent auction event last Thursday, the extremely stylish 100% cotton T shirts are now available for purchase on the CitySquares website!!!!

These hip student designed t-shirts are available in two styles and various sizes and can be yours for the low price of $20 +shipping and handling. The beauty of that $20 dollars in that 100% of it goes to the CommuniTee Art Project. If you are not sure at this point what in the world CommuniTee is here’s the cliff notes version for your reading enjoyment…

Three things that reinforce my decision to live in the Dorchester community: Dot2Dot Cafe ( I’ve been waiting for a cafe to open up in Dorchester since I moved here three years ago); DotOut at the Dorchester Day Parade; and the Revitalization of Dorchester Ave.

Two articles in the Globe, one in the Cambridge Chronicle.

Um, let's all chip in and buy it?

I'm a little heartbroken at the moment...

West Roxbury's Real Deal Deli is now open in JP at 736 Centre Street, in what old timers will remember as the former Brighams.

The media were able to tour the new Apple Store on Boylston Street yesterday. Dan Moren with MacUser has some interesting thoughts on what's going to happen to the hollow glass column running down the center of the spiral staircase.

The public grand opening is at 6 PM today. 2,500 limited edition T-shirts are being given away.

a. HD radio
Around the Boston area what are the lowest cost Hybrid Digital HD radios, that do the job in a manner of speaking, for listening to music and listening to singing?...

b. Satellite radio
What are the lowest cost tabletop or boombox type radios or setups available around the Boston area for both sirius and xm satellite radio services?...

Among a few references checked so far
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hd_radio
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sirius_Satellite_Radio
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XM_Satellite_Radio

Boston area consumers. Mattresses.

How do you read the horizontal gradations?... and the vertical
gradations?... of the charts' printouts from the BodyDiagnostics
system for Kingsdown
http://www.kingsdown.com/whybuykd/
mattresses and boxsprings at Sleepy's Cambridge
727 Memorial Drive Cambridge MA 02139 tel 617 758-0023
http://sleepys.com/BodyDiagnostics
the mattress professionals next to Trader Joe's grocery store.

The horizontal and vertical gradations tick marks haven't been labeled !

Oexman, et al.
Customized mattress evaluation system
United States Patent 6,585,328

Folks, it is time to stop talking about recession and deal with reality. We are headed into a full-blown depression. All the historical precedents have been met.

Retail Sales Plunge by 0.6 Percent

Unemployment is skyrocketing. We don't know how bad the problem is because the US government's figures cannot be trusted.

Right now 20% of American homes are in arrears on their mortgage payments. 20% are in trouble with the IRS. Those are depression era levels.