Street Talk: They manage to take complete control of an animal while also maintaining compassion for both pet and white-faced, swooning pet owner.
Street talk
Mark LaFlamme: Jumping beans, Silly String and other LaVerdiere’s treasures available here!
Street Talk: On Sundays back in olden times, LaVerdiere’s Super Drug Store was the only game in town.
Mark LaFlamme: We need a monster to bring us all together
Street Talk: Close your eyes and picture them, this massive horde of outraged Lewistonians and Auburnites, marching across the Longley Bridge in immense numbers, every single soul in perfect agreement about exactly what needs to be done.
Mark LaFlamme: Not all bogeymen wear horns
Street talk: The suggestion is to maintain situational awareness in ALL circumstances and never assume the good intentions of a stranger.
Mark LaFlamme: Terrible drivers and why we loathe them
Street Talk: Texters, passing lane hogs, tailgaters, stop sign runners and other road menaces all right here in one convenient place.
Mark LaFlamme: Latest findings: Lewiston and Auburn crawling with ghosts. Maybe
Street Talk: No matter where in the Twin Cities you live, chances are good, apparently, that you’re uncomfortably close to a bona fine haunted house.
Mark LaFlamme: Nice Day. Think it’ll rain?
Street Talk: The rain clouds themselves seemed particularly sly and malicious this summer, waiting to pounce on you and your plans like a cat on a field mouse.
Mark LaFlamme: Confessions of a TikTok virgin
Street Talk: That’s the thing about this whole explosion of communication services. If all the best sources are hanging out on one of those newfangled apps and webpages, I have to be there, too.
Mark LaFlamme: Today’s bug mystery: Giant mosquito? Or Maine mutant?
Street Talk: And so instead of dealing with shootings and car wrecks and tales of pain and woe at the end of the week, I spent my time on the tail of a menacing creature of unknown origin.
Mark LaFlamme: Prime rib in pill form, please
Street Talk: We’ve got supercomputers small enough to tuck into our pockets. We’ve got bug-looking cameras that fly around in the sky and we’ve got artificial intelligence writing term papers and composing music. All of that and yet no food in pill form to eliminate the need for inconvenient eating.