Protest/vigil

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Hello Somervilleites,

If the actions of the Bush Administration have you upset, concerned, enraged etc etc, tonight is your chance to stand up and be counted.

MoveOn.org has organized a number of vigils for tonight in cities and towns around our country. There is no vigil planned or organized for Somerville, but there is one in Harvard Sqare on the corner of Mass Ave and Church St at 6pm tonight. I know a number of you are into progressive politics and perhaps I will see you there.

monosodium glutamate is love

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Many citizens of our humble square harbor dirty little secrets. Some are secretly homosexual. Others, fearing rebuke from the hott dykes at Diesel, are secretly heterosexual. Still others sneak Frappuccino® from Starf*ckers on days of especially weepy-inducing events.

But I am comfortable with my ambiguous sexuality, and my periodic support of that large coffee selling corporation that represented the epicenter of my sexual harassment hell during one muggy Charlottesville summer.

Of all vices, though, many of our Davis Square friends pretend to hate MSG. Today, I have abandoned that secret society. Indeed, the love that used to dare not speak its name is screaming from the rooftops.

I used to guiltily order Chinese food only from restaurants where the "no MSG" disclaimer was conspicuously absent. I'd swallow those crystals of umami deliciousness as the disapproving moralizers of my socially conscious, organic food crusading friends clamored in my head.

BUT NO MORE. After years of careful negotiation, I have accepted my unrelenting love of MSG. Monosodium glutamate is love. Even more like love than gay marriage, because marriages usually result in the hell that is an unfulfilling sex life and simmering resentments after a few years. MSG would never do me so wrong. And, MSG will never guilty trip me into to adopting a baby because all the heteros are doing it.

I want to go buy a container of MSG crystals, and I want to do it NOW.

You, dear readers, should advise me on a nearby business that will vend me such umami bliss. A corporate store would be better. Because I'm in Watertown and I want to pick that stuff without altering my course which is the closest thing to a straight line (the roads in Boston metro being notoriously plagued with one way signs and road rage) between here and home cooked umami with broccoli, tofu, and black bean sauce on the side.

So, fair citizens of Davis Square, do help me out. xo.

PS – Here is a Wikipedia article on MSG for your reading pleasurehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monosodium_glutamate

Planned Parenthood in Davis opens today

[cos]

I just got this email from PPLM:

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On Wednesday, February 22, Planned Parenthood League of
Massachusetts is opening its first express health center!

Plan: A Planned Parenthood Express Center
Davis Square Plaza
260 Elm Street
Somerville

PLAN will provide patients in the Davis Square area with convenient access to a number of Planned Parenthood's services, including clothes-on consultations with experienced medical professionals. All in 30 minutes. Schedule an appointment or just walk in!

( Services, Hours... )

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[two-stabs.livejournal.com]

Can anyone tell me what the cheapest high speed internet service in this area is? I got fed up with Comcast and cancelled.

Anyone know of an apartment vacancy in June?

[guxx.livejournal.com]

Hi all, subject says it all. I currently live near Teele Square, and am looking to move into ideally my own place (studio or 1BR) but am willing to look into a similar one-other-roommate situation. I have many needs I'm looking for in a place but won't litter this board, so if you know of a vacancy, please respond or shoot me an email (address is in my profile).

Thanks!