Stolen Car Alert

[geekpixie.livejournal.com]

If anyone happens to see a black 2 door 1999 Honda Civic with a broken antennae, (as in,not there) replacement grill in the front (no "h" emblem) and an apple sticker on the back and MIT west garage parking sticker in one of the side windows and a Somerville zone 1 parking sticker on the front window, please let me know? My car was stolen last night from the intersection of Conwell Ave and College Hill with a bunch of our Outdoor Challenge Equipment in it, and of course our deductible on our homeowners which would cover the equipment is $500 which is only a bit more than the 17 abmats we just lost, and money we just invested into our growing business. *sad face*

And before anyone lectures me about keeping things in the car, what exactly would you do when you live in a nice quiet neighborhood near Tufts, have a class at 5am at a local park, and live in a 3rd floor walk up? I pre-load my car every night for the next day so my neighbors don't hate me.

I'll be honest, it was the car and not what was in it that got it stolen, it's an Si, so the wanted her engine. Not her other contents. She's otherwise a very generic little car. I'm sorry I don't have a picture, but she was still fairly new to me.

Anyhoo, if you see her, call the Somerville Police at (617) 625-1600 and drop them a tip, as we've checked the local tow registries and a report has been filed. Thanks.

(and feel free to rebroadcast)

Bolt Bus?

[stormsdotter.livejournal.com]

I'm going to the new York Comic Con next month by bus, and am debating taking the Bolt Bus over the Chinatown bus.

Has anyone had a good or bad experience with the Bolt Bus?

Woah. Dilboy VFW is for sale.

[magpie-leah.livejournal.com]

Did you know you can buy the Dilboy VFW hall for a mere $1.3 million? Just stumbled randomly on this listing on Craigslist.

http://boston.craigslist.org/gbs/off/1956797007.html

It's such a charming building. I hope someone ends up doing something great with it.

What happened to Harold?

[emcicle.livejournal.com]

We haven't seen Harold at the Davis T stop after work for a few weeks now. We normally see him there every day (and on Fridays let our son by a Spare Change).

I'm wondering if anyone has seen him at any other stops, or has any idea if something happened to him?

to jog memories, it's this guy:
http://community.livejournal.com/davis_square/2046462.html

Johnny D's/Groupons

[vibrantabyss.livejournal.com]

Have several Groupons for $20 of food/drink - they expire today.  $10 will get you one.  Will take first two or three responders.

Or not.  Apparently, Johnny D's had thought they set up the vouchers to be good *until* but *not including* today.  They had a really hot act playing, with $25 tickets, which they can't afford to take a soaking on (they get $6 for each $20 voucher...)

And they were dealing with a *flood* of groupons today.

They were courteous, they were cool, and they held the line - which was fine.  As a gesture of goodwill, they are accepting groupons at the value paid (so $10 not $20)  through October, even though they only get $6 per from groupon - so said a manager.

So I stayed for a beer - they let me and a friend skip the cover and listen to a few songs - and damn, incredible artist - and use one cert for (almost) a couple of beers.  So the evening was not a total waste.

So yay for Johnny D's dealing gracefully with a screwup, boo for Groupon not getting the dates straight. This is my 1st bad experience with Groupon, and we shall see what their customer service says about all this....