See "Wayne's World" and RESIST illegitimate authority!

[colorgarden.livejournal.com]

 WAYNE’S WORLD!
Movie Night Benefit for the RESIST Foundation

Headquartered in Davis Square, RESIST funds grassroots groups across the nation
organizing for peace, economic, social, and environmental justice 

When: Saturday, July 16, 6:30 PM

Where: The Democracy Center, 45 Mount Auburn Street, Cambridge (Harvard Square)

What [else]: Free popcorn and Coke!

How [much]: $15 suggested donation

Why: Because you need more intellectual and stressful pursuits. Shyeah, right!

***RSVP to waynesworld716@gmail.com***

Somerville News approves of blog-comment forgery

[ron_newman]

On June 21, a blog comment was posted on this Somerville News story, falsely claiming to come from a friend of mine:

http://www.thesomervillenews.com/archives/16266 (deliberately not a hotlink to discourage Google from finding it here)

Two days later, after I called this to my friend's attention, she posted a blog comment saying "I did NOT write nor agree with the comment above attributed to me and therefore would appreciate my name being erased from it promptly, as well as a public retraction of it. Thank you!" The News approved and published this comment but did not remove the earlier false comment.

She also phoned the paper's editor, [name deleted]*, at least once. I complained to the editor face-to-face at the Jazz Fest on June 26. I also posted to the News's Facebook Wall (post is still there), and posted three of my own comments to the news story, all of which are still sitting unapproved and unpublished in the moderation queue:

Hey, Somerville News! When someone writes in to say that their name was forged on a blog comment, the proper and decent thing to do is to remove the comment. It’s been eight days now.

Hell of a way to run a newspaper.

(A personal note: the same thing happened to me there in 2006.)

ETA, 10 pm: The offending comment has finally been taken down. A pity that this LJ post was necessary in order for the News to do the right thing, 13 days late.

* ETA 9/21/2014: The editor in question has long moved on from The Somerville News, and has sent me the following note: "I took your plea immediately to Don [Norton, the newspaper's owner at the time], and he refused to take it down. I asked him over and over again, and finally, he did so. I do not, nor ever have, approved of blog-comment forgery. I did everything in my power to get ride of Brandon's fake post." In response, I have deleted the editor's name from this post.

Tickets to tonight's Red Sox game

[wallacestreet.livejournal.com]

I have four tickets to tonight's Sox game (7:10 vs Toronto) that I'm unfortunately not going to be able to use. They're yours for the face value ($30, Right field grandstand) if you want them. I could meet you after about sixish in the Square to make the exchange.

A comment here is the best way to express your interest...

Dilboy pool?

[closetalker11.livejournal.com]

Hello, friends! Have you ever been swimming at the Dilboy pool? How is it? Is it remotely possible to do laps there, or should I not bother with that? Is it a nice place to relax/cool off/lay out?

Thanks in advance for any info you may have!

More Stuff for Sale - First Dibs Here (Crib, Wetsuit, MX Gear & More)

[bombardiette.livejournal.com]

Next weekend we're having a neighborhood yard sale, but since I don't live in Davis, I thought I would list a few things here to see if anyone was interested before they went to the lawn. If you are interested, I'll be working the day shift at the Dilboy Post this Saturday and can bring them there for pickup.

Pictures on request, though the cribs are disassembled.

( List Under Here )

Live Radio Drama Returns Next Week!

[vanguardcdk.livejournal.com]

The Post-Meridian Radio Players present Summer Radio Theatre: a trilogy of suspense, adventure and thrills from Thursday July 14 through Saturday July 16th!

Summer Radio Theatre features the following shows live on stage:

Black Jack Justice “The Do-Nothing Detective”
Witty noir detective duo investigate mysterious case!

X-Minus 1 “Junkyard”
Astronauts discover mysterious ruins on a far-away world!

Escape! “Three Skeleton Key”
Classic thrill-fest featuring a cast of thousands. Thousands of RATS!

( Click for Details )