Street Talk: For a long moment, it felt as though the world had taken a brief timeout so that its complex human inhabitants could take a moment to reflect upon their existence.
Mark LaFlamme
Mark LaFlamme: Pestilence, toilet tech and rotting boots: Your guide to the End of Days
Talk of the Town: Please donate to my political action committee in support of my candidate, Cocky Cockroach.
Mark LaFlamme: How many Mark LaFlammes does it take to write a column?
Talk of the Town: No joke. There’s another writer by the same name who probably will change it when he reads this column.
Mark LaFlamme: Forever in search of the perfect sleep concoction
Street Talk: When you have trouble accessing sleep on the reg, you end up searching endlessly for the perfect panacea that you remain convinced is out there.
Mark LaFlamme: Royal mysteries and Twin Cities plumbing secrets revealed
Talk of the town: ‘Holy __, what if __ is even better than __?! I may not have to move to __ after all!’
Mark LaFlamme: A death-faking beetle and other oddities borne of pure desperation
Street Talk: Why spend precious minutes writing a column when I can have unsuspecting fools on Facebook write one for me?
Mark LaFlamme: More like Super Poosday, am I right?
Talk of the Town: Achtung! All Christophs, Klauses and Gunters may want to avoid Harris Road for the next few weeks.
Mark LaFlamme: Alleged reporter misses his notebook
Ubiquitous, convenient and unavoidable technology turned my floppy, faithful notebook into an archaic relic good for little more than starting fires or swatting flies.
Mark LaFlamme: Fashion tips that will sweep you off your feet
Talk of the Town: I was in the air so long, I had time to take a good, long look at my life and how it’s been impacted by stupid winter spills.
Mark LaFlamme: In the old days, the Lewiston Walk of Shame was a weekly occurrence
Street Talk: The Walk of Shame was a giddy affair for me. For making a small-time hack like myself feel like a genuine, big league reporter, no single event could compare to the Lewiston Walk of Shame