The search continues For a hooker who accepts Bitcoin. It’s not what you think I’m reporting a story on Bitcoin, not seeking the services of a prostitute. Boy, we narrowly avoided an embarrassing misunderstanding, didn’t we? But seriously If you’ve paid for something with Bitcoin recently, I’d like to hear about it. The more embarrassing […]
Mark LaFlamme
Street Talk: A different role every day for this master thespian (giggle)
A great philosopher — it was either Socrates or Don Henley — once said: Well, I could have been an actor. But I wound up here. I’ll just give you a moment to absorb that. I bring it up because on a recent rainy afternoon, I had the pleasure of standing inside a long barn […]
Talk of the town: Free beer tomorrow!
Keg stolen from Pedro O’Hara’s We were all quite impressed with the brute strength required to pick up a keg and run with it down snowy Lewiston streets. Sadly, it turns out the keg was empty. How much do you want to bet the culprit believed the keg was full and that he was only […]
Street Talk: As you can see, weather aficionados, Todd is just dreamy
Well, this storm is only just beginning, Todd, but as you can see, the winds are already whipping like crazy and the rain is blowing sideways. My hat blew off six blocks ago and some kids threw snowballs at me, but the important thing is, we’re giving our viewers an up-close look at the power […]
Talk of the town: Giant stuffed Biebers for all!
The Good Ship Lollipop Shirley Temple has died. This bums me out for reasons I can’t exactly pin down. It’s not that I was a huge fan of her films (as far as you know), although I often find myself singing the “Animal Crackers” song for reasons that are likewise unclear. Maybe it’s simply the […]
Street Talk: Notebook orphans (“The smells!”) fail to jog memory
Some days, I want to put together a piece of writing so powerful it will change lives and open minds in this increasingly contentious world. I want to help. I want to be part of humanity’s slow crawl from the swamps of suffering. Other days, I just want to list the funny things I find […]
Talk of the town: Squeal like a pig
Mailing it in So, I was trying to pull out of a parking lot onto Ash Street Wednesday at the height of the snowstorm. Problem was, I hadn’t taken the time to brush off the right side of my car because – well, come on. It was way over there on the other side. Unable […]
Street Talk: Get that soup away from me! I’m not sick!
Quick. Somebody cough on me. I need to catch the flu, quick. There’s big money to be made, and brother, I want in. The National Institute of Health is looking for people to spend nine days in quarantine so their flu symptoms can be studied. The prize: three thousand bucks. If you can’t muster a […]
Talk of the town: All the news you need. PERIOD!
Balcony seats A New York congressman threatened to throw a reporter off a balcony after a post-State of the Union address that was hilariously captured on video. And here I thought it was perfectly normal for public officials to threaten reporters. The big meanies. I’ve been getting threats almost daily for 20 years now, but […]
Street Talk: I’m gonna go get the papers, get the papers
Dear diary: OMG! I met a very special lady today! Her name is Ruth, she’s 104 years young and she’s the person who still reads the newspaper! Never even seen the Internet, she said. Each morning, she spreads the newspaper out on her kitchen table and reads Dear Abby aloud to her parakeets. Then she […]