There are more people than ever before participating in recreational sports. Most of the athletes may be not be near the pro level, but they still take their competitions very seriously. Every athlete, on whatever level, wants to win. But not prepping for a race until you get close to the start time means one […]

The food. The prices. The service. Here’s the answer to Why Thai? As a summer visitor to the area, I am always on the lookout for new cuisine. Kudos to the Bates College Cafeteria, but one must adventure into the community. Just rewards were found at Thai JarEarn Express, a small local establishment that should […]

I came to the film with high hopes for the authenticity of the cooking scenes since director-screenwriter Nora Ephron writes often and well about food, and is reputed to be an excellent cook. Then, too, Meryl Streep starred in one of my favorite movie-food scenes: using her hands to separate the whites from the yolks […]

My pet peeve is:  Near Wal-mart and Home Depot in Auburn, there are two lanes that head across the Turner Street intersection; one lane turns off when you want to go to Kohl’s, then two lanes continue and the one on the right goes to Home Depot and the one on the left goes straight. […]

Imagine my surprise. For weeks, my wife had been vanishing every Saturday morning. She might have babbled something about her plans at one time or another, but somehow I missed it. So on a sunny Saturday morning, I endeavored to find out what great thrill she had found out there to tempt her away from […]

I’m going to make it after all Don’t you hate it when you’re driving your car and it’s really bright outside but you don’t have any sunglasses? So you grab the nearest set you can find, which turns out to be your wife’s gigantic Mary Tyler Moore glasses? The super huge ones with the dark […]

I’ll admit, when the idea of rating area restrooms came up, I wasn’t sure I was into it. Icky, yucky bathrooms with floors that stick to the soles of your shoes and smell funny? You can keep them, thanks. Public restrooms have long been something I loathe. The germs and unsanitary conditions generally associated with […]

PASADENA, Calif. – Thursday I arrived at the Television Critics Association Summer press tour in Pasadena, where we in the press go to panel discussions of various programs and also get the chance to do one-on-one interviews. Here are some highlights from the HBO session, which covered several shows and began with remarks and comments […]

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Kids clothes have grown up, because they demanded it. The youngest among us are still more prone to embrace bolder colors and layering extremes, but most of them don’t want to look much different than the fashionable adults and superstar teenagers they idolize. Blame it on the media, but it’s just so much easier to […]