This year, there is no unity, no sense of goodwill toward all mankind. The notion that “we’re all in this together?” A ghastly joke.
Mark LaFlamme
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Talk of the Town: Fa la la la la, la snort, gag, cough
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Talk of the Town: It ain’t funny anymore
Your hipster tip of the day If you want to impress your kids and/or random surly teenagers you see at the skateboard park when you’re out feeding the pigeons, say “chya” any time someone utters something obvious. I’ve done the etymological research on this cool new word (I asked a kid at the skateboard park […]
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Street Talk: Mystery man offering Pee for View
The first reports began to trickle in last month. One woman reported that she was approached in the Auburn shopping district by a man in his 30s who got out of his car, peed himself and then took off.
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Talk of the Town: I don’t want to live in a world without sporks
With great power comes great something something A nice lady — or possibly a man, I forget what was scrawled in the return address — wrote to me the other day to offer me, not tips on where to find the rare and elusive chocolate Graham cracker, but how to MAKE THEM MYSELF! It’s an […]
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Street Talk: All the world’s a stage
Good morning, people. I apologize for the mess. I let myself into the Street Talk Studios today and found the place in sickening disarray. Dust covers on all the hulking machinery we use to produce the column week after week. Horror movie cobwebs hanging in the corners. Even the fancy candelabras are bearded with dust […]
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Talk of the town: SpongeBob’s good time
Love from Florida So I got this CHRISTMAS CARD delivered to me in the newsroom. It’s unsigned and the writing covers both inside pages as well as the back of the card. What a warm letter it is, too. Goes on and on at length about how the sender is spending the winter months in […]
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Street Talk: Stay at home too long and strange things begin to happen in the mind
The kitchen, the living room, the little room you use as an office, it all becomes too familiar and you begin to develop resentments for inanimate objects.
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Talk of the Town: Diet cola, tube socks and all the rancor you can eat
Livin’ right with the CGC I know a lot of you have been losing sleep lately as you fret and fume over my inability to find chocolate graham crackers in any of the stores. I appreciate your concern and sympathize with your insomnia, but better days are on the horizon! Firstly, a nice lady named […]
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Street Talk: Trick or treat in the New Normal
On Halloween night, the rules are that there ain’t no rules. Except, you know. This year. This year, there are nothing BUT rules