BB Gun Shooters Will be Arrested Soon
When two men drove through Northampton last week and fired a bb gun out of their car windows, me and many of my friends were enraged that this could have happened, and hoped that someone would throw the book at them. And just as I had hoped, the long prong […]
The O Generation’s Herald Sings
In the Recorder today was a sad column, yet it also showed wisdom and honesty, and a sense of reality, not despair. Joshua Freund is a local man with three jobs, and his main point in the column was to show how resilient his generation is. He calls them […]
Shooting BBs Out of Car Windows Crosses the Line
My rage was shared by many other friends, who read about Sunday’s incident in Northampton when someone fired a BB gun out of a car window and shot holes in windows on 13 buildings from Main to Pleasant Streets. I find this act totally out of character for the city […]
Advice for Your Faraway Valentine
Valentines day always leaves me stumped. It seems like you have a choice–go the typical flowers and candy route, just like everyone else, or spend a little more time and think of something that will really zing her. Unfortunately, all good plans go awry and most people end up at […]
The Ramen Girl Gets Lost in Translation
Medical Marijuana Clinic Hopefuls Find out Today
Today’s the big day for about 35 entrepreneurs who have ponied up $30,000 to apply for one of the state’s 35 new medical marijuana licenses. I have a friend who owns a big building who is pretty keen on renting to one of these people, if they get the nod […]
Seattle’s Beacon Food Forest is a Forager’s Dream
Even the name makes me smile. A food forest. That’s what’s being created in the exciting city of Seattle where plans are afoot to turn a 7-acre public plot of land into a forest where people can pick all they want and forage to their heart and stomach’s content. It’s […]
State of the Union? Give Your Workers a Raise!
We watched the State of the Union, and I thought about what it said and what I thought about our president. He sure knows how to choke up the crowd, the story of Corey the soldier is a tear jerker. Big applause, a proud moment for him, sitting next […]