In High School, I worked at Boston based “Brigham’s Restaurant and Ice Cream Parlor” on Mill St in Arlington. My Grandmother worked at Brigham’s when it was Buttricks. The plant where the Ice Cream is made is connected to the restaurant I worked at by underground tunnels. It was the freshest Ice Cream anywhere since it practically just came off the “belt”.
They had an interesting flash page for the site and it was very interactive. However, last week, Hood legally bought Brigham’s. Friends who still work there told me that all of the “recipes” and “brands” will stay the same. I doubt that, they fired the ice cream makers. Also, All of the other workers were fired including the webmaster…see below:
If you are redoing the website because of the buyout, at least keep the so-called branding for the homepage. Step 1 to Hood ruining that which the Boston area loves.
I know this isn’t about America and it’s independence from England, but there was a lot of things going on today.
Two girls got hit by a train while sunbathing on the tracks. Destiny Phaneuf, 13, of Lebanon ME, lost her leg just below the knee; Rachel Brown 14, also of Lebanon ME, lost a foot.
The girls were cutting class and enjoying the sunny weather when the freight train came upon them. There’s no indication the girls were impaired by alcohol or drugs, or that their hearing was impaired by headphones.
What is wrong with people. Accidents happen, but think!
Posted at: 7:38 pm by Timothy Haroutunian Categories: Tech and Web
I know that I am just about two years late on the twitter phenomenon, but I am starting on it. Now that I have found “TwitterFox” for Firefox and “Twitterberry” for my Blackberry, it makes it very easy to send my updates.
I don’t really remember to update all the time, but I will get there. I have only 8 updates total, but I was the same way with this blog. I would update every few weeks, then every few days. I have now been blogging at least once a day since December 01, 2006.
I hopefully will continue to update on a regular basis now that I have it on my Blackberry and Firefox.
Posted at: 11:44 pm by Timothy Haroutunian Categories: Sports and Leisure
The Red Sox have lost the last four games and have dropped into second place behind the Rays. However, not the worst slump they have had. They will get better again.
According to a Turkish website, the Turkish government has tried to make amends with the Armenians since 2005. They brought a plan to the Armenians who didn’t accept. However, the Turkish government almost broke ties with the US Government a few months ago when they demanded that the US call off the discussion about the Recognition of the Armenian Genocide. The US complied because the US uses their airspace for the damn war.
How can they claim that they want to discuss the 1915 situation in more detail when they don’t allow another country to make its own laws about facts that you are talking about. It seems that it is a little to close together.
It is very scary how in a few days/hours/minutes/seconds, your entire life can change. However, let me go back to when this first started.
Eleven years ago, my father was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor and they gave him a few months to live. However, the doctors were unaware of his positive thoughts and between family, friends, prayers and a lot of medical procedures/amazing surgeons, he was able to survive 11 more years. The tumor grew back 5 times throughout those years bringing us back to the start again, but each time he had pulled through.
Lets skip forward to 1 1/2 years ago. There was a definite change in his attitude and we knew something wasn’t right. The doctors informed us that he had colon cancer. I was still in my final year at Plymouth State and needed to finish. He was in the hospital on the day that I graduated and wasn’t able to see what I accomplished.
Moving forward to a couple of months ago. We had the routine MRI on his brain and the doctors found out something different. The tumor had metastasized to the other side of his brain making it inoperable. When the doctor told us it was going to be a few weeks to a few months, this time I knew it was real. We have had Hospice care for my father since March 2008 and for a while, nothing seemed different except for a few minor issues. He was even talking fine and playing Cribbage with my mother and I. However in the past three weeks, things started to go downhill. He was having trouble speaking, listening and walking. My mother has MS and a bad shoulder, so she can’t lift him and my other sisters have houses within the area but they can’t help all the time. I am living at home right now helping out as much as I can, but it got to a point where I couldn’t even care for him.
Three days ago (Friday), we had him admitted to the hospice ward of the hospital to get some full help with his care. He seemed fine on Friday and most of Saturday, but the next time I saw him, he had taken a very bad turn. He was very weak and he couldn’t speak. I spent 6 hours with him today along with my Mother and both my Sisters and Brother-in-laws. My Grandmother, Uncles, Aunts and friends came over to see him. At around 6:30pm tonight, I called our Priest to come to the hospital to give him his last rights. We spent the rest of the night talking about different memories and funny stories to tell him, even though most of it included crying. I even contemplated staying the night with him because he was there for me when I was in the hospital as a child, not wanting to be alone. However, I realized that if something had happened while I was there, it would have been very upsetting and I would have had to remember that forever.
Yesterday I was thinking it was going to be a couple of months before he would pass away and today I realized that it will only be a few days. I just hope it doesn’t happen on my sister’s birthday in 3 days. It is hard to think about the fact that he will not be around to meet who I am going to marry, see my wedding or babysit my kids. He won’t even be here for my 24th birthday in two months. I know that God does everything for a reason, but why is he taking my father away from me at such a young age. He is only 55 years old and has been through enough. One day I will understand God’s plan, but it won’t be for a while.
God Bless everyone and I hope that you never have to go through this. It is a scary feeling to know that every time I see him, could be the last time I get to hold his hand, give him a hug and say “I Love You”.
The video may take a minute to show up, but it will be there.
For the first time Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton share the stage in Unity…New Hampshire. The tiny town of Unity, NH (Pop. 1,530) hosted this gathering. It is not the smallest town in NH….Erving’s Location, NH has a population of 1 resident. I know that is off-topic but interesting.
Hopefully this rally will unite the party and put Barack Obama in the White House!
Posted at: 11:52 pm by Timothy Haroutunian Categories: Food and Drink
Have you ever had Qdoba, it is so delicious that my co-workers and I head there for lunch on a semi-regular occasion. Since I work in Peabody, MA, we go to the one on Route 114.
However, the queso goodness has it’s price. On the left you will see the nutrition facts for one (1) steak queso burrito with all the fixings. Surprisingly, I have not gained any weight in the last year. I bought tickets to the Pearl Jam concert this Saturday and on the tickets (printed tickets) was a “buy one get one free” coupon for Qdoba. It will cut my spending in half the next few times I go.
John McCain’s website launched a new feature to “entertain all the kiddies” out there. Did he completely miss 5 years of his life when he was younger? Oh, he did…I’m sorry! He must have missed when “Space Invaders” was cool, because it isn’t now. He is now trying to “kill pigs” on his website. I thought we were going after “terrorists”. I put terrorists in quotes because terrorists is short…well long for OIL. I guess he is just upset at being a POW for 5 years and continuing to kill is his payback. I have full support for the troops who are risking their life, but I DO NOT SUPPORT THE WAR! I know I have freedom of speech, but is John McCain going to try and kill me as well?
I know the game is not about killing pigs. It is referring to pork barrel spending aka Earkmarks. I am against McCain in the election, (GO OBAMA) but I wanted to try this game to see what you win. I found out that all you get are slams against Barack Obama on his views on Earmarks. I am not saying that I like that our tax money is getting spent on failed/useless projects, but this is the dumbest idea that I have seen in a very long time.
When I went on his website, I found embed code and a link to install the Facebook application. I felt that I needed to embed the code to show everyone how old school he is. Has he ever seen a video game in the year 2008? I guess maybe enjoy it….no, no you won’t.
