Dot Rat in Steelers nation…

Dot Rat in Steelers nation…

It can be pretty cool being a Dot Rat living in Pennsylvania. You have an edge that PA folks enjoy. This lands you an awesome girl….who you then go on to marry and start a wonderful life with. You settle into a suburb of Pittsburgh, 

Anderson Cooper visits Dot…

Anderson Cooper visits Dot…

The Dorchester Reporter released a article on Anderson Cooper’s visit to Dorchester and the The Boys and Girls club. You can view the article and video HERE.

O’Toole,Baker or Chuck Norris?

O’Toole,Baker or Chuck Norris?

11 days to go and they have to be taking action on this out in Vegas. Who’s your boy? I have to admit O’Toole looked like Chuck Norris the other day. Just staring down criminals in the streets of Dot making them surrender out of 

Skills…

Skills…

Guru (Keith Elam) was one of the best rappers to ever come out of Boston. He had a distinct raspy voice with a smooth delivery that made him unique. He formed Gang Starr with the legendary DJ Premier. Unfortunately Guru lost his battle with cancer 

The Whitey Bulger movie…

The Whitey Bulger movie…

Everyone seems to want this movie made. Damon and Affleck are probably the only two men in Hollywood that could pull it off. Honestly I didn’t want the movie made because I felt for the families involved but it appears the one family I know 

Dorchester is yours…and there’s an app for that…

Dorchester is yours…and there’s an app for that…

Do you know that SeeClickFix is fast becoming the standard for reporting issues to your city government? Boston is now using it integrated with the Open311 standard. This gives you direct access to their reporting systems at City Hall. Let’s say your rolling down Adams Street and you whack a 

Nacho is a Dot Rat…

Nacho is a Dot Rat…

I gotta get Nacho to my next party…… I need to get drunk with this guy.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHeeDxwODQI  

Wahlburg likes turtles…

Wahlburg likes turtles…

So apparently our most famous Dot Rat Mark Wahlberg was over at Phillips Candy House buying bags of chocolate turtles the other day. (Thanks Emily Sweeney!) Will someone tell him to get cracking with a Dorchester movie while he’s in town doing the Wahlburger’s thing.

Why you should carry…

Why you should carry…

In my lifetime I have watched Rob Noble get shot over 5 dollars on Ashmont Street. Another kid bleed to death from being stabbed outside my homeroom in high school. Kiwi gets killed a few weeks back after the Irish festival…and now another armed robbery 

Wont you be my neighbor…

Wont you be my neighbor…

Hi neighbor! Yup…good old Mr Rogers. But he almost ceased to exist in my house. Could you imagine life without Mr. Rogers doing his thing on your old black and white TV set? Ma stayed at home with us kids…and she would hang in the