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magidI've been noticing for months now that there are cool advertisements drawn on some sidewalks in Boston, for either the aquarium (with lots of blues and interesting underwater creatures), or the theater district (with more classic art). It's not chalk; it lasts longer. Perhaps it's actual paint? I haven't touched it to see. I wonder when this started, and who has to approve it.
Seeing the open doors of the train close as I try for the seventh time to get my pass to work at an unmanned entrace to the T. Grrr. (Of course, the next train was much more jammed.)
I got a new driver's license before my birthday. I renewed online, so the photo's the same. The general layout is the same, but there are a lot of differences. There's a background with two images of the state, and wavy blue and green gridlines curving around. Some of the layout of data is a bit different. And there's a holographic seal with yet another image of the state, a banner with the full state name, and what looks like a Native American holding a full-height bow with a star just above it. Obviously, much of this is to make it harder to counterfeit. Still, the Native American (I have to keep remembering not to type "Indian". Oops, did it anyway.) it interesting. Makes me think of the image they had to take off the Mass Pike signs, of a pilgrim hat with an arrow through it.
Seeing the open doors of the train close as I try for the seventh time to get my pass to work at an unmanned entrace to the T. Grrr. (Of course, the next train was much more jammed.)
I got a new driver's license before my birthday. I renewed online, so the photo's the same. The general layout is the same, but there are a lot of differences. There's a background with two images of the state, and wavy blue and green gridlines curving around. Some of the layout of data is a bit different. And there's a holographic seal with yet another image of the state, a banner with the full state name, and what looks like a Native American holding a full-height bow with a star just above it. Obviously, much of this is to make it harder to counterfeit. Still, the Native American (I have to keep remembering not to type "Indian". Oops, did it anyway.) it interesting. Makes me think of the image they had to take off the Mass Pike signs, of a pilgrim hat with an arrow through it.
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Date: 2005-10-12 03:02 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-10-12 03:06 pm (UTC)Not that I'm surprised; you know so much local stuff :-)
I suppose I find it a little bit funny: although I know that there were natives here when the first European settlers arrived (where would they have been without Squanto?), my mental assumption is Natives => midwest. Stupid.
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Date: 2005-10-12 03:19 pm (UTC)As
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Date: 2005-10-12 03:37 pm (UTC)"By the sword we seek peace, but peace only under liberty" is decent. We could use to remember the liberty part these days...