Girl Scout cookies

[mamajoan.livejournal.com]

Last year I remember that the little pushers, er I mean girls, were in the Davis Square subway station several days running, at rush hour, selling their cookies. This year I haven't seen them though. Did I miss it? Or is it yet to come? Alternatively, anyone know where/how else I can get my Thin Mint fix? I was hoping that a coworker with a daughter would come through, but no luck.

Mailboxes or post offices with late Saturday pickup times

[mermaidcafe.livejournal.com]

Hi!

I need to mail something postmarked by today. The Winter Hill P.O. and their mailbox outside had their last pickup at 1 and my own mailman came early this morning.

I know there's the all-night post office in Boston, but are there any closer mailboxes or post offices where I can still get something postmarked today?

Thanks!

Somerville Electrician?

[r-dorissa.livejournal.com]

Hi,

Having trouble with our condos' alarm system.  Somerville FD came out and says we need an electrician to fix it.

Any recommendations?

Thanks,

~rob

(Wish I didn't call SFD tonight...)

Medford Whole Foods bird house?

[m00n.livejournal.com]

Has anyone else noticed that the new(ish) Whole Foods on the Mystic Valley Parkway in Medford has a tiny, wooden bird house attached to the rafters over the bulk display?

What's with that?

I probably would never have noticed except that I went in there today and there was a little sparrow flying around while I was buying my groceries.

Parelli Optical/ General eye question

[mermaidcafe.livejournal.com]

I browsed the eye care recommendations here when I had an eye emergency last night and ended up at Parelli today thanks to the recs. (I'm going to buy my glasses elsewhere because theirs were pretty spendy, imo, but everybody there was nice.)

I've been wearing glasses since 3rd grade and contacts for 11 years. I've never heard that I have an astigmatism, but they told me today that I do and gave me a trial pair of special astigmatism contacts. (Unfortunately, those are the only vision aid I have until I go glasses shopping tomorrow.) I've never had any trouble seeing with the regular contacts, and these new ones are annoying the hell out of me, though it could just be that they're new.

Anyway, I don't know if it's possible or likely to misdiagnose an astigmatism, but I wanted to see if anyone's had something similar happen there (or anywhere). I told both the dr. and the contact lens tech that I'd never been told that before and saw fine, but they both laughed and said they hoped I hadn't been driving all these years, which, in hindsight, seems like kind of a bad response.

Also also, I'm planning to get glasses at For Eyes, but if anybody knows of a place that's having a free exam w/ glasses special, I'll go there instead and also get a second opinion (I have a car so transport's no problem). I'll probably call Parelli back on Monday, but I don't want to wear these bastards until I can get back there.