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Braintree, Massachusetts (place)

2003-07-14T00:13:48Z

A suburban town approximately 10 miles south of Boston, Massachusetts, Braintree was incorporated in 1640 as part of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Braintree houses 33,836 (2000 U.S. Census) people in its 14.52 square miles.

Braintree is well situated for both a commute to Boston, Massachusetts and a trip to the Cape. Braintree is the southernmost stop of the Red Line of the T and one of several on the Kingston/Plymouth commuter rail (aka Old Colony route). Also, Braintree is the location of the intersections between Route 128/Route 95 and Route 3 and between 128 and the Southeast Expressway/Interstate 93. Weymouth lies to the east, Quincy to the north and northwest, Randolph to the west and Holbrook to the south.

Old Braintree was the birthplace of Presidents John Adams and…

If someone wants to do something and it isn't hurting you... DON'T BE A FUCKING DICK (idea)

2001-03-20T19:24:22Z

Shallow thinking.

Just because it does not effect you does not mean you should not try to prevent it if you feel it is wrong. I agree completely that censorship does not apply here. They don't have any right to stop me or anyone else from saying anything. With that out of the way, I disagree on actual physical actions.

On this site, many people are "liberal" (I think this word is meaningless at this point. I am very liberal on free expression issues but conservative on others. however for lack of a better term I shall let it stand). They are behind Free Tibet or against clubbing baby seals or oppression some Third World country. None of these really effect the people who support them. However, it is considered perfectly fine, even commendable, to support these actions by the same people who condemn the actions of the Religious Right or whatever. Is it fine to meddle in the lives of those in other countries but not at home?

Let's be honest. This node…

straight edge (idea)

2001-03-20T19:04:41Z

Straight edge is a subculture whose members do not take alchohol, narcotic s, tobacco and do not partake in casual sex. It is also common for members to refrain from eating meat (perhaps even going full out vegan), taking modern medicine (whether just pain killers, or all the way up to the point it threatens their life), or taking caffeine (although this is actually rarer than you might think). Many believe if you've ever been a regular user of drugs/alchohol, or even if you've used them at all, you can't be a true sXer. I am straight-edge but only in the base definition.

There are a wide variety of reasons. Some simply don't want to mess up their bodies. Some don't want the shallow, immature thrills these substances will give (almost all are under 25 or 30 so social drinking consists of drunken binges rather than a calm beer). Some want to keep their bodies, or especially their minds, pure and free from chemical influence, whether through artificial or…

Vlad the Impaler (idea)

2001-02-18T04:20:17Z

To the shock of the world (well ok maybe not the world) Vlad the Impaler was defeated in this years finals. After not being challenged by any other competitors, Biohazard defeated this previously undefeated bot. biohazard actually touched the ground making this bot's lifting arms almost useless. Vlad, who had never been previously flipped, actually was able to flip back to its feet faster and better than any other bot ive ever seen.

punkabilly (idea)

2001-02-18T03:57:06Z

A subgenre of punk music.

This is basically a melding of Punk Rock and Rockabilly with a little swing and some ska thrown in. It usually has a standing bass, some kind of horn section, drums and guitar (accoustic and/or electric).

The two most well-known (relatively speaking) bands of this genre are Royal Crown Revue and the Amazing Crowns, formerly the Amazing Royal Crowns. Live shows generally comes off more like a ska show than street punk or pop punk but results vary.

Are all good modern works of literature satire, dystopia or both? (idea)

2001-02-13T08:16:38Z

It seems that since The World's second unsuccessful suicide attempt every work of classic literature is very dark. Most are satire or dystopian.

For example:

Catch 22, The Catcher in the Rye, anything by Kurt Vonnegut. Neuromancer. Snow Crash. Any other cyberpunk. Then all the way over to John Steinbeck or Arthur Miller. 1984. Animal Farm. Brave New World. Fahrenheit 451. Anything by Philip K. Dick. Most of Heinlein.

Perhaps its just my taste but I cant think of a single major utopian in the Engish language in the last 100 years. Most writers seem pretty sick of life. The Cold War cannot explain this completely can it?

Can anyone shed some light to this idea or give some counterexamples? (or more dark examples)