December 2007

508 is a show about Worcester. This week’s panel includes Brendan Melican and Bruce Russell.

HBML is raffeling off a plush squid; the Longest Night event remembered those who’ve died homeless in Worcester, including Joe Sweet; Anthony Hmura’s disturbing blog mentions 508, and also fluoridation.

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Cause I can’t live loaded and I can’t live sober
And I’ve been this way since the end of October

–Aimee Mann, “I Was Thinking I Could Clean Up for Christmas”

Bad Christians
The congregation at this lawn church is so cold-hearted that they’ve locked the Holy Family out on Christmas itself! Shame, shame.

Same lawn: “Never leave a snowman behind!”

Longest Night
On December 21, about 50 people (including Rep. Jim McGovern) gathered outside the Worcester Memorial Auditorium and inside the United Congregational Church to remember the 8 people who died homeless in Worcester in 2007.

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The Catholic Church welcomes the former British prime minister into our community. I was surprised to learn from the article that there are more Catholic churchgoers than Anglicans in the U.K.

508 is a show about Worcester. This week’s panel includes Brendan Melican and Bruce Russell. We follow up on our “disco entertainment” story; Worcester has a needle disposal plan; Java Hut and HBML are closing; snow removal.

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Here’s a long interview with occasional Pie and Coffee contributor Scott Schaeffer-Duffy about zombies, and how compassion is a key part of defense against zombie attack.

Scott: Division and self-interest are not good solutions. Building up walls, keeping out people, not being hospitable, they’re not good solutions cause ultimately somebody’s gonna catapult a plague victim over your walls because of the bitterness. You’re gonna end up divided with each other. You gotta keep your values intact.

Mike: So actually Worcester’s success in dealing with people who are experiencing homelessness, or addiction, or whatever, maybe comes into play when we face zombie attack.

Scott: The compassionate cities are gonna fare better.