There once was a man from Kent So, last week I shared with you all a weird little poem I dreamed up while I was stoned on Nyquil or something. Since that little snippet ran in the paper, I think that means I’m a published poet now! I suppose I’ll have to start wearing an […]
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Time travel and the Bluelight Special
The last thing I ever bought from Kmart was a Route 66 hooded sweatshirt, fleece lined everywhere, including the sleeves.The Cadillac of hoodies, the Route 66. And it would have to be just that special to lure me into Auburn’s Kmart, a place I had generally avoided for years.It is not that I did not […]
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Aren’t we all just a Barrel of Monkeys?
Get out of my head, Edward Gorey So, I’ve been having a whole lot of trouble sleeping lately. I ALMOST get there, but then unsettling thoughts come plowing into my head like a freight train out of hell and I’m wide awake again. The other night, in that gray place between awake and asleep, my […]
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Shine on, you lost diamond
Her name is Ann and she came to the newspaper with all the earnestness of a woman come to pay her taxes. We went inside, found a quiet little conference room and took chairs across from each other. An older lady, is Ann. Perhaps in her 70s, perhaps a little older. When she sat across […]
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Drop the light saber, punk
Geeking I’m sure that most of you are just dying to hear how, on Sunday night at 8:36 p.m. EST, I managed to convert my humble home computer into a sweet Linux-Windows dual boot machine in spite of earlier problems booting in legacy mode. Who can blame you? This story is WAAAAY more thrilling than […]
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Demolishing monuments to local journalism
Progress is a thing that has to happen everywhere sooner or later. Now it’s Lewiston’s turn to transform generations of memories into shopping, green space and modern housing.
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My truck is ready to go in case war breaks out…. or a bull
You shouldn’t have Some incredibly nice person sent me a note along with a significant amount of cash to help with my truck repairs. The gesture is unbelievably kind and it’s another sign that there are still plenty of good people left in the world. The problem is that I’m extremely uncomfortable accepting money from […]
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Talk of the town: I can’t believe you ate the whole thing
The great sushi recall of 2019 Apparently stores are recalling sushi because of possible listeria contamination. A pity for you weirdos who actually like that stuff. I’ve only tried it once, but I can offer this advice. If you find yourself jonesing for sushi and your regular dealer won’t hook you up, get yourself a […]
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Thieves: The lowest of the low
The first sign of something amiss was the feckless little heap on the ground beneath my truck. A knit cap, it was, dark gray with a bright green Under Armour logo on the front. Once I spotted the hat, other treasures came into view. The white Bic lighter. A handful of change scattered across the […]
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Put out that smoke, hooligan!
The screaming woman and the cat Are you like me? Are you tired of seeing this meme everywhere you turn? (If you HAVEN’T seen it, for the love of all things holy, don’t go looking for it.) I think what we need to do to exorcise this particular demon is to come up with our […]