The Ego & the Oracle, Tonight!

[cthulhia]

Improv fortunetelling with awesome local music. Never the same show twice.

The Burren.
Doors at 7 pm.
(Show usually done by 9:30, since there's typically another act at 10. Current Burren calendar says 80s night.)

The Ego & The Oracle.

Special Planning Board Meeting TONIGHT Regarding One Benton Road

[lslapiko.livejournal.com]

One Benton Road's Last Stand

According to the Agenda published by the Somerville Planning Board, there will be a special meeting tonight at Somerville High School Auditorium (6:00, 81 Highland Ave.) to discuss whether MLM Realty will be permitted to divide the lot at One Benton Road into two, and build a second three-unit structure there.

The question of whether to finalize the permit now comes down to traffic safety. Because of the increased traffic to be generated by the additional residence, should it be built, combined with the limited lane space on Benton Road, and the foot traffic in the neighborhood during morning hours, the Planning Board has required MLM to present a traffic mitigation plan that would resolve these issues before allowing construction to go forward.

Supporters of the effort to prevent further construction on the One Benton Road lot will be attending tonight's meeting, and Alderman Tom Taylor has stated that the more people who show up, the more weight their opposition will carry. The petitions submitted by neighbors at the May 6 meeting have been instrumental in delaying construction this long, and forcing the developer to search for solutions to the negative impact that additional building on the lot will have.

Hopefully, MLM Realty's poorly conceived and executed assault on the city's precious remainder of open space can be halted before further damage is done to what was once a unique historical property.

See http://lslapiko.blogspot.com for more info regarding One Benton Road.

OMG DPW FTW!

[hissilliness.livejournal.com]

Yesterday I walked down to the Somerville DPW to get a White Goods trash sticker (hint: do not call it a White Trash sticker) and an Official Somerville Compost Bin. for our postage-stamp Ball Square garden.

Once I found my way through the comfusing little warren of corridors to the Customer Service office on the second floor, they were totally awesome! The woman behind the counter was shocked that I'd shown up without a car. I assured her that if the bin was too big for me to carry, I'd just go grab a Zipcar for an hour. She said, "Oh, no, you don't need to do that! Just come back up here and tell me, and I'll get someone to drive it over!"

The woman in the guard shack by the bins was also exceptionally friendly and good-humored.

I ended up balancing the bin on my head for most of the way back--it was indeed a bulky and awkward load, though by no means impossible for that quarter mile walk. But it's such a rarity to deal with bureaucrats who are really nice that I wanted to share the experience

Two Dim Rams

[callslightning.livejournal.com]

I'm looking to sell some sweet DDR3 RAM. It's 4 GB (2 x 2 GB) Patriot PC3-10666 - 1333MHz.

Why am I selling this RAM? Because I made a bone-head move and did not properly research whether the RAM would work with my motherboard--it doesn't; my board has DDR2 slots, which are not compatible with DDR3. Return options are unfavorable. The sticks are new/unused with packaging, but not sealed.

I'm asking $95 for the sticks. Contact me at CallsLightning at gmail dot com if you're interested.