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3/22: Attended a talk by Julie Buckler, Harvard prof of Slavic languages and literature, discussing Tchaikovsky's operatic interpretation of Pushkin's "Eugene Onegin", as a preview to the Boston Lyric Opera's production.
3/20: Read Monique Ryan's "Sports 
Nutrition for Endurance Athletes". Nothing really revelatory, but good, solid advice, plus some rarely-seen written opinions on specific dietary supplements. Wish she'd expressed an opinion on glucosamine, though...
3/19: Biked 56 miles down to Norwell and back to check out the NSRWA's Kayak Expo.
3/16: Listened to Boston Society of Architects president George Metzger talk about "Architecture and Public Life" at the BPL. And say "Ummm..." a lot.
3/15: Attended a presentation on bike/ped planning at the Boston MPO's open house.
3/12: Went to the Psychorama to the Boston Bicycle Show, featuring awesome maps from the Bicycle Coalition of Maine and a talk by cyclo-tourist Knox Gardner.
3/8: In a throwback to my undergrad days, attended a WorldBoston lecture on Russia's flagging economic reforms by reknowned scholar Marshall Goldman.
2/8: In addition to his home in the House of Puggin', Orny's roommate now has his very own Pug page on Catster!
3/3: Went to a sparsely-attended reading at the BU Bookstore by John Kelly, author of "The Great Mortality: An Intimate History of the Black Death, the Most Devastating Plague of All Time".
3/2: I released some pressure by catching yet another fine show at the Middle East by ska royalty Bucket and the Toasters.
2/19: Got stood up at Jer's birthday party.
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 2/19: Hard on the heels of our last issue, DargonZine 18-2 was distributed today, continuing the first section of our new Black Idol story arc.
 2/15: Roger Steffens, founder of The Beat magazine and authority on Bob Marley's life and career, presented "The Music and Life of Bob Marley" at Berklee.
 2/10: Met the gracious Andrea Kremer, founder of the Boston Pop Underground, at the Cars Tribute CD release show she organized at TT the Bear's, where I also got to  chat with the genteel Greg Hawkes, the original keyboardist for the Cars, before he took the stage for a cameo performance.
 2/10: After entering 850 bills into Where's George and nearly a year of searching, I found my first Wild George, only to find a second Wild George 48 hours later!
 2/8: Went to a talk at the BPL about costume design for the Boston Lyric Opera's upcoming performance of Antoine de Saint-Exup&eactue;ry's "Le Petit Prince" and was treated to a brief sneak preview performance!
 2/1: Read "Monstrous Regiment", Terry Pratchett's newest novel. I must admit, despite the lengthy wait, I really didn't think that it measured up to his usual quality.
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Philip Johnson
1/23: The snowiest month in over 110 years of recorded history in Boston peaked with the 26-inch Blizzard of 2005.
