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...There are a lot of new ones to meet. You may know, from previous missives, about the BLOHARDS-the Benevolent Loyal Order of Honorable and Ancient Red Sox Diehard Sufferers of New York. Among us Sox fans-among you, if you?re with us now that we?re World Champs-the BLOHARDS are, today, something bordering on semi-famous. ESPN found out about us in early ?04, and FOX followed, as FOX is wont to do. We got better known throughout the season, and Jim Shea, a diligent BLOHARDS exec, now tells me the membership roll is climbing...
...those are just the obvious ones. Unless diehard classical fans are simply less likely to use thefacebook.com or publicly announce their interest, they appear to make up less than about 5 percent of the Harvard population. No matter how many posters they put up, HRO members know, chances are that the unconverted won’t be attending unless they’re there to support their friends or hear a piece they learned about in a Core class...
...friend, Jane, explained it to me. We were talking at a special convening-coven?-of the BLOHARDS (Benevolent Loyal Order of Honorable and Ancient Red Sox Diehard Sufferers of New York), which is a 40-year-old behind-enemy-lines fraternity with a suddenly burgeoning membership. The conclave had been organized in a rush by club founder and grand poobah Jim Powers, and publicized on our website by Jim Shea. Powers had been contacted, in the aftermath of the glorious occasion, by the Boston brass to see if the BLOHARDS would like to gaze upon, and pose with, the championship...
Most people have at least one person on whom they can depend no matter what happens. There are slight tensions inherent in close friendship, but diehard loyalty will always bring that person running when they’re needed. Or will...
...Nima boutique (ipa-nima.com). Founded in 1997 by a onetime lawyer, Hong Kong-born Christina Yu, Ipa-Nima had grand ambitions from the outset, exporting colorful, individually patterned handbags under its own label to stores like Henri Bendel and Barney's in Manhattan, and Harvey Nichols in London. Although diehard fashionistas were quick to discover Ipa-Nima, it's only in the past couple of seasons that the buzz has reached fever pitch, with celebrity endorsement setting the seal...