When people from Cambridge give directions…

I consider people from Cambridge to be a very approachable group as people go. We look eager to talk to anybody and some might dispute it but, we strangely look like we might know an answer to just about any questionBut wait ... anyone from Cambridge knows that "out of towners" asking any of us …

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What’s your nickname?

There was a time when just about everyone I knew had a nickname. There's something about using a "nom de nick" that seems to promote a closeness or linkage to me. The more nonsensical or outrageous the nickname the more permanently it will stick. Some are fond names and other are memorials to behavior or …

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If you see your glass is half empty, pour it into a smaller glass.

I have come to understand that New Englanders love to complain, it's kinda what we do..more than anything. We complain about politics, weather, sports, kids, spouses ... you name it we complain about it. It's not that we are unhappy, venting or confrontational... we're just looking for a different way to look at life... we …

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