Boston (or a certain portion thereof) is abuzz with the opening of the new House of Blues on Landsdowne Street, which if you'll recall we were unable to appreciate due to certain screw-ups during the sneak preview.
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On February 12, 1809, Charles Robert Darwin was born in Shrewsbury, England. Fifty years later, he published On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, a book that was met with immediate popularity and controversy for its well-supported assertion that humans are apes who share a common ancestor with other living things. Despite the controversy, rigorous scientific inquiry supported and refined Darwin's work, and even many theologians accepted the idea as a fact that would be compatible with the idea of a Universe created by God.
Times are tough for magazines and newspapers in need of advertising dollars. That may be why the Boston Metro is raking in the bucks by devoting full two-page spreads to the printed version of the infomercial, cleverly disguised as actual articles with the word "advertisement" printed in tiny font above them.
A recent Boston Globe article reported on the growing trend of people in New England sticking pins in their pets and calling it "medical treatment." When teenagers do that, it's called "an early warning sign," and therapists get involved.
--150 members of Anonymous, the group that wears Guy Fawkes masks and opposes Scientology, was back yesterday to protest. [Boston Herald]
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