There are really only a handful of good things to come out of Boston. In honor of the NBA Championship’s return to Beantown, I will recapitulate those sacred few things that our culture is blessed to gain from such an otherwise detestable metropolitan area. (NB: You will find no support of the Boston Red Sox on this page.)
- Serials produced by David E. Kelly. LA Law, Picket Fences, The Practice, Ally McBeal, and Boston Public have each played a part in my development as an awkward human being.
- Boston Tea Party. Maybe this is the reason for the bravado taken on by most Chowderheads. One justified act of protest, and the rest of us are subjected to 225 years of “Sweet Caroline”.
- Jeremy Roenick. He was so sick in NHL ‘96 for Sega Genesis.
- Non-rhotic accents. I generally hate them, but after reading this entry, they earned a mention.
- Kevin Garnett’s 2008 NBA Finals post-game interview with Michelle Tafoya. It speaks for itself:
