My Love Hate Relationship with Boston
Busy day planned in Boston (read Cambridge) today. I want to stop by the "Emerging Robotics Technologies & Applications Conference" at the Hyatt Regency in Cambridge and check out the scene. Then its over to Harvard to hear Robert Marcinko talk at Jesse Ventura's workshop on counter terrorism.
Probably only in Boston could you find two such events within walking distance of one another. That's what I like about Boston.
What I don't like about Boston is the cruel winter weather that stretches from Jan. 15 thru at least March 15. Also, what I don't like about Boston is the general demeanor of the populace. This was first pointed out to me by a friend and colleague who grew up in the south and attended MIT.
He used to say.. "Mike, nobody laughs in public in Boston. Nobody seems like they're having fun. They walk around biting their upper lip." As a Boston boy, born and bred, I thought that was a little harsh but god damned it's generally true. Everybody seems to be walking around with their suit of full interpersonal body armor.
I would love to be able to inject some Virginia, North Carolina or Texas personality into Boston. Hell, I would even settle for a little Chicago attitude.
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