How'd They Get My Family Holiday Card?

At the TEDx at UMass Boston with State Sec of Education Matthew Malone. Introduced by Chancellor Keith Motley.

All your #addictions taken care of in one stop. Also sold gas and had a beer distributor next door. I love #Pennsylvania #fireworks #lottery #cigarettes

jim #waylatergram

And then this happened... #sallytaylor #consenses #carly #somethingunderground

Ted Williams had great aim off the field 

An exclusive excerpt from Ben Bradlee, Jr.’s “The Kid”:  On Saturday mornings as a boy, Ted [Williams] and one of his best friends, Joe Villarino, would hike up into the hills outside of San Diego and go rabbit hunting, swim and look for Huck Finn-like adventure. “One day,” Villarino remembers, “we was walking around this trail and a rattlesnake come out and Ted shot it with a .45 he had. We laid it aside, and when we came back, he wrapped him around his neck and shoulders and carried it home.  Another time, at Dobie’s Pond, there was a kid in trouble. He was about eight or nine. We was about fourteen or fifteen. The kid was kinda splashing around. Ted went in and got him. He didn’t make a big deal of it. He didn’t like to be in the limelight too much.”

(PHOTO: Ted Williams hauling in his kill in Minnesota, 1939. Ted Williams Family Enterprises.)

Why, yes, I'll order enough chips for both of us. But you eat like a ... Just stay out of my beer.

Adele’s middle finger gesture sours Brit Awards success after singer is cutoff It was supposed to be a coronation of sorts for Adele at the Brit Awards but it didn’t turn out that way. The British singer had just picked up six Grammys earlier this month and the Brits represented somewhat of a homecoming after an incredibly successful year fuelled by her album 21 and songs like the inescapable “Rolling in the Deep.” She won six Grammys in L.A. last week — a haul matched only by Beyonce. But when she stepped on stage Tuesday night to receive the Brit Award for the best album award (she’d already won best British female) and was in the middle of an obviously heartfelt speech, she was interrupted by show host James Corden. ”Are you about to cut me off?” said a clearly unimpressed Adele to Corden. “Can I just say then, goodbye and I’ll see you next time around.” (Photo: Dylan Martinez/Reuters)

#sNOw on the neighbor's wood pile from my office window. #tooearly #footballweather

If you’ve got the day off today, why not check out a museum? Here is a list of some cultural institutions open for the holiday.

Photo: Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles. Credit: Lori Shepler / Los Angeles Times

Not very tolerant of right turns.

#traytablesupright #stowed #carryon