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Posted by cdubrocker on 2005-11-14 21:05:34 +0000

Animal Planet: The Wilds of East Boston

Yesterday aftenoon I spotted a hawk in East Boston. As I looked on from two yards away, it savaged and began to devour its prey (a pigeon) within the safe confines of a fenced-in garden (for those of you curious about its stomping grounds, it's right across the street from the science and technology school on Border Street). I don't know how far hawks roam, and I've heard that there are some that live in the Custom House, and that you can sometimes see them on the Common.
Posted by pamsterdam on 2005-11-14 21:09:07 +0000
<strong>AWESOME!</strong>

<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v646/notquitebarbie0/sq-tony-hawk-headshot-cutie-thumb.jpg"></src>

I'm drooling...
Posted by frame609 on 2005-11-14 21:14:50 +0000
Half-cab ollie blunt to feeble fakie revert.
Posted by pamsterdam on 2005-11-14 21:20:24 +0000
I love it when you talk all crazy.

Check out <a href="http://www.tonyhawk.com/store.html">the top item in his online store</a>. Yet again I am reminded that I have the sense of humor of a 14-year-old boy.
Posted by Miriam on 2005-11-14 21:21:37 +0000
Tony Hawk? Is that right?
Posted by pamsterdam on 2005-11-14 21:22:18 +0000
It is so right that it can't be wrong.

Damn, he's fine.
Posted by Miriam on 2005-11-14 21:23:26 +0000
My brother and I were teaching our nephew (sis's kid, Eli) some skateboarding tricks on Saturday morning. He's 7, so it was pretty funny.
Posted by pamsterdam on 2005-11-14 21:26:07 +0000
...and possibly lethal! Any trips to the ER?
Posted by frame609 on 2005-11-14 21:36:06 +0000
You know, I'm tempted.
Posted by pamsterdam on 2005-11-14 21:37:14 +0000
Don't think about it.

Don't talk about it, man.
Posted by frame609 on 2005-11-14 21:39:04 +0000
DO IT! DO IT!

(Speaking of which- me, Rich, and Jackie were walking back from the bar after the latter two saw ol' Hank speak at Berklee, right, and we walked by his bus. I looked in the window, and THERE HE WAS. So I waved to him, and for the rest of the night I was like "Wow, Hentry Rollins waved back at me!")
Posted by pamsterdam on 2005-11-14 21:40:52 +0000
I bet you were glad I didn't tag along <i>that</i> night.

HENRYYYYYYYYYYYYYY! HENRYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY! HENRYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!

But seriously, that is very cool. I think he's a great guy. Damn G's torpedoes!
Posted by frame609 on 2005-11-14 21:45:12 +0000
On the contrary, I would have paid money (dollars or Euros- whichever) to see yr. reaction.
Posted by pamsterdam on 2005-11-14 21:49:10 +0000
Hm... perhaps I should go into public humiliation on a professional level!
Posted by frame609 on 2005-11-14 21:52:38 +0000
You could get sponsored, all that cool shit. Go for it!
Posted by pamsterdam on 2005-11-14 21:57:09 +0000
I'd want my own specialised vehicle. Like the Popemobile or the Oscar Meyer Weiner, but it should be something that really says "I humiliate myself in public - for money!" y'know?
Posted by frame609 on 2005-11-14 22:00:51 +0000
Maybe you could drive around a huge Crystal Pepsi can.
Posted by pamsterdam on 2005-11-14 22:02:41 +0000
What in the name of all that is holy is Crystal Pepsi? Pepsi that lives in a trailer park & wears faux-shredded pink airbrushed unicorn t-shirts?
Posted by frame609 on 2005-11-14 22:02:52 +0000
Speaking of which: I was walking around downtown, right, and there was this big plexiglass trailer on Boylston. The inside was made up to look like a jungle, and there were three people dressed as explorers walking around inside. This trailer was maybe 10 x 20. The banner outside said "Explore Mexico."

Two things: Is that trailer going to make ANYONE go to Mexico (after a hurricane), one, and two, how much were those kids getting paid?
Posted by frame609 on 2005-11-14 22:03:45 +0000
There was that clear ________ fad a few years back. Crystal Pepsi was the clear soda they sold IN A CAN. Duh!
Posted by pamsterdam on 2005-11-14 22:07:37 +0000
My new car:

<img src="http://www.stupidnorthernmonkey.co.uk/131mardi.JPG"></src>
Posted by pamsterdam on 2005-11-14 22:08:15 +0000
(I would be riding on the forked tongue)
Posted by pamsterdam on 2005-11-14 22:09:11 +0000
Why are marketing people so incredibly stupid?
Posted by Miriam on 2005-11-14 22:11:02 +0000
Count me in for straddling a horn!
Posted by Miriam on 2005-11-14 22:11:43 +0000
Nope! He was even wearing a helmet. Should've had kneepads, though. I saw him almost wipe out.
Posted by G lib on 2005-11-15 13:47:44 +0000
<i>Hm... perhaps I should go into public humiliation on a professional level!</i>
.

<a href= "http://www.lesliehall.com/12-news.htm">Pamsterdam, you totally could! You might be able to learn a few additional tricks from Lesley and the Ly's...</a>. Check out the 'BeatDazzler' video on that page, everyone. The ending is priceless.

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<i>Cha ching!</i>

Posted by pamsterdam on 2005-11-15 19:17:29 +0000
Wow. I really have learned something.

Getting drunk & crying at a party = public humiliation
<img src="http://www.arnadal.no/film/images/whosafra.jpg"></src>

Wearing spandex & doing the robot in a pizzeria = $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
<img src="http://www.lesliehall.com/12-pic-1-jenny.jpg"></src>
Posted by G lib on 2005-11-15 20:51:42 +0000
PS CDub--

I have seen hawks in Union Square and in Radcliffe Yard many times, and have even seen them disembowling pigeons and throwing guts and feathers on the ground. I haven't seen any Ebo, but I'm really glad they're there!
.
Who couldn't love a bird that eats mostly rats and pigeons and makes a scary screeching noise?

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<i>Cha ching!</i>

Posted by Miriam on 2005-11-15 20:56:32 +0000
Last winter when I was waiting an hour in the freezing snow for the 86 in Union I watched the hawk/falcon there disembowel a pigeon from the top of the old police station. It was gross and wonderful. Feathers and blood and gore kept landing on the snow-encrusted steps below. Definitely made waiting for the bus more interesting.
Posted by cdubrocker on 2005-11-17 13:46:27 +0000
Whoa, that is fantastic.
Posted by cdubrocker on 2005-11-17 13:48:46 +0000
I talked with my landlady's boyfriend last night, and he says that there's definitely a hawk's nest in Eastie, in some silo, he thought, but I didn't know exactly where he was talking about. I never realized that hawks were so plentiful in the Boston area. Go Hawks!
Posted by Miriam on 2005-11-17 17:36:25 +0000
I'm pretty sure it was a falcon in Union Sq. As far as I remember it was a beautiful two-tone with cream and tan feathers.
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