CIA/FBI/LOL So, how are you enjoying that sex scandal? By all accounts, David “Happy Pants” Petraeus made the classic mistake of hooking up with an unstable, possessive shrew of a woman and the result was predictable. It happens, am I right guys? Guys? Anyway, it’s a good thing this happened in the nation’s capital instead […]
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Street Talk: I’d give you a penny for your thoughts
Some of you older folks might remember a time when I’d occasionally write entire columns about the fact that I had no idea whatsoever what to write about. It’s hard to believe now. As a writer, you mature. You learn to work your way out of slumps and dry spells. When I recall those columns, […]
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Hard time I received, in the mail, a nice letter from a man wondering about the price of our weekly TV Preview guide: “I am sorry to bother you over this particular matter,” he wrote, “but I was wondering if you can tell me if the price of the Preview Guide went up and if […]
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Street Talk: I love rock ‘n’ roll and presidential elections
Good morning. Today is Wednesday, the day after Election Day, and I’d like to join you in your bitterness/relief/self-righteous indignation. I can’t believe that liberal do-gooder/right wing idiot managed to pull off a win after such glaring inability to revitalize the economy/bonehead remarks about women and the middle class. Obviously Ohio/Florida/Butte, Mont., was the key […]
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Street Talk: Waiting for the Great Pumpkin
It was a night just like this. Although, maybe it was a few degrees warmer, there were more leaves on the trees and the pumpkins were a little plumper that year. But still. It was a night vaguely resembling this one. Those calls were coming from inside the house. There was a bloody hook dangling […]
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From the Lewiston Police Department Facebook page “Why do you even have a FB page if you are not going to answer questions or respond to emergencies like the earthquake we had last night?” I’m sure local police did all they could in the wake of the quake that rocked our community, specifically battling looters […]
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Street talk: On the road and out of quarters
Excuse me, stranger. Could you spare a dime? You see, my mother needs an operation and if I can’t place a call at once, she might never get that new hip she’s had her eye on. You understand. Thank you for the dime. Now if you could just scrounge up another 40 cents, I’m in […]
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The vulture position A single buddy of mine pointed out a potential money-maker in Kennebunk. After a hundred or so men get outed in the Zumba Scandal of 2012, there are going to be a lot of angry, frustrated wives looking to file divorce papers and perhaps to seek a little revenge. You see the […]
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Street Talk: Sex, lies and dance in Kennebunk
From the very start, I was never sure how to feel about the Co-ed Naked Zumba thing unfolding in Kennebunk. It’s not that I feared I may be on the list, mind you. I can’t afford gas to get to Kennebunk, let alone the cost of the … you know: dance lessons. Most of us […]
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Wheelz Monday afternoon. It’s gray and cold and I’m riding my motorcycle through the Central Maine Medical Center lot, on the way back from a muddy ride. There’s an older woman sitting next to the road in a wheelchair. She’s wrapped in a blanket and apparently waiting for her ride. As I approach, slowly, I […]