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God is Great. All the time. Have you ever been too an Alcoholic Anonymous meeting or a Narcotic Anonymous meeting? I have. Have you ever been experienced? I have. The concept of the meetings are to control your addiction to booze or drugs, AND to get honest, if possible, with thyself.

Honesty, now that's a concept. The meetings I've attended the majority of the people are trying to get honest with their inner demons, but theirs a handful that are full of BS. By going to some of these meetings I've got to know some of the gist of things,like the sayings, Live an Let Live, One Day at a Time an so on. By saying there are some frauds in the halls of the Fellowship, one might think I'm taking someone else is inventory, but ye of little faith I am not. I'm just annoyed at how a couple of junkie/dealers can get a ninety day chip and think that makes everything better. Thirty years with a habit and ninety days clean, hmm let's do the math. A thirty year habit doesn't clear up in ninety days. It takes one day at a time working the twelve step program with vigilance.

Tina Fey reprised her impression of Sarah Palin on "Saturday Night Live" while hosting the NBC sketch comedy show Saturday night. It was Fey's first performance as the former Alaska governor since her iconic impressions during the 2008 presidential campaign when Palin was the Republican vice presidential candidate.

Fey appeared as Palin in a sketch introducing a mock "Sarah Palin Network," satirizing Palin's entry into media. Palin recently launched the program "Real American Stories" on Fox News Channel and will soon begin production on "Sarah Palin's Alaska," an eight-part series for TLC. link

Related: We have a simple plan to counter protest Sarah Palin

We need a majority of the Boston City Council to veto the budget and demand that at least $3.6 million be added to the budget for BPL.

Click here to find you city councilor. Click here to write you city councilor and ask her or him to veto the budget and demand at least $3.6 million more be added for BPL to save all of our BPL libraries.

As Boston considers the closing of libraries in the midst of a recession, it may be useful to remind ourselves of the broader contributions of libraries to our neighborhoods:

Former American Librarian Association president Sarah Long

When I was president of the American Library Association in 1999-2000, I chose, "Libraries Build Community" as my theme because I felt strongly that the library always serves a special place in the community. It's not only a place to find information and knowledgeable librarians, it's also a place to be with other community members. Think of the library as a community's living room. . . . I chose, "Libraries Build Community" as my presidential theme because the library is the community's information hub and a place to gather, but also because of what happens inside libraries. Children come to story hour and adults come to programs. Library meeting rooms are places to vote or are used for local legislators' town hall meetings. In the information age, the library is so much more than a collection of books.

http://www.librarybeat.org/read/show/401

A stupid question, but worth asking: Are there any members of the Teabag party who are also people of color? I've tried to find images of African Americans, Latinos, Asian Americans, or Native Americans to no avail. The right's extremely popular wingnuts don't seem to have a place at the table for non-whites. What's up with that?

Please call Dan Rea's show tonight at 11pm to show your support for the Boston Public Library branches. His telephone number is 617-254-1030.

Mayor Menino’s budget for the city leaves the Boston Public Library short $3.6 million dollars. The Boston Public Library Trustees, under the executive direction of President Amy Ryan, voted March 24 to protect certain branches from closing:

1. Brighton
2. Central Library (Copley Square)
3. Codman Square
4. Dudley
5. Grove Hall
6. Honan-Allston
7. Hyde Park
8. Mattapanand
9. West Roxbury

In April the BPL Board plans to vote on which of the following BPL libraries will be closed. The will close up to eight (8).

1. Adams Street
2. Charlestown
3. Connolly
4. Dudley Literacy Center
5. East Boston
6. Egleston Square
7. Faneuil
8. Fields Corner
9. Jamaica Plain
10. Lower Mills
11. North End
12. Orient Heights
13. Parker Hill
14. Roslindale
15. South Boston
16. South End
17. Uphams Corner
18. Washington Village
19. West End

So I took Ramona on her usual dog walk tonight with much trepidation. Last night's altercation has been weighing on me all day. I certainly did not want another incident like last night and at the same time I do not want to be intimidated away from the park which I only use 10 mins in the morning and the evening everyday. As I was making my rounds I ran into the other dogwalker who witnessed the whole argument. I was ready to pounce on him for slinking away BUT he apologized profusely for the other person's behavior and how disgusted he was at what happened. He went on to say that I was completely in the right and that dog has been aggressive to other dogs in the park. Both the guys who walk Jazzy do absolutely nothing about her and he is going to have a talk with the guy who I argued with last night. It was completely uncalled for. I cannot tell you how vindicated I felt. Since Jazzy's owner is friendly with many other dog owners in the park I was worried about my relationship with the other walkers. I feel so much better knowing that there are people who get it.

By now, we've all read the full-page ad by Rachel Maddow in The Boston Globe this past week. We know that Senator Scott Brown created the rumor that Maddow was planning to run against him. We know that Brown has stirred the pot, repeating the fictional story to conservative talk shows, campaign stops, newspapers like The Boston Herald, and his most important audience: potential donors.

He's lying. He continues to lie.

In the good old days:

students, instructors, businesspeople, politicans, and the bad 'ole common folk', found they could get a good - clear - reproduction, of their documents, essays, books, legal forms, butts, flyers political propagranda, music events, menues, and un-numerous other items by visiting establishments known as "Copy Shops"

While there is a bio by Frank, and another about the Mrs., There should be a compilation of the experiences of the followers, customers, employes, etc of this renouned establishment that for so many years anchored the heart and soul of the Square.

I rember asking Frank "who is the tall guy that walks in every morning, pours his own coffee, maybe gets a danish or other order, reads the newspapers and is never presented a check," and ? HE then dissapears as silently as he enters.

Turns out, the guy is the president of Harvard U. (tba)

Aunt Sophies, Cronins, Hungry Charlies, Jeffs Kitchen, Joe's Place, Mug 'n Muffin, Zum Zum.

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Freefall: America, Free Markets, and the Sinking of the World Economy
by Joseph E. Stiglitz

"I can only hope Obama makes room for it on his nightstand."
- James Pressley, BusinessWeek

Dear Dave Wiegel,

You are inside the beltway and inside the bubble. We live at the Hub of the Universe.

Here at the Hub of the Universe there is no "fairly obscure blog." There is however, UniversalHub. As Tom Friedman once said, "suck on that." He actually said "Suck on this" but you know what I mean.

[size=12]Scott Brown: Help Me Defeat Rachel Maddow, Who Might Run Against Me, According to Twitter[/size]
By David Weigel 3/23/10 4:58 PM

The campaign of Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.), who’s got less of a cash problem than almost anyone running for office in 2012 (he has millions left over from his special election bid), points to a fairly obscure blog to stoke fears that MSNBC host Rachel Maddow is being recruited to oppose him.