David Wilkening writes about a backlash in today’s TravelMole News. It’s the Christian Science Monitor’s story about how hotel chains that make big bucks from pay per view porn are facing a terrific backlash from conservative groups, who are out to ban the skin flicks in hotel rooms, favored by […]

My favorite Boston Herald columnist Howie Carrr on a recent governor’s race debate from today’s paper. “Under attack from Mad Dog Reilly, [Chris] Gabrieli pulled the political equivalent of going into the fetal position. He started talking about his family. Deval whined about “getting back to the issues.” And then […]

David Detmold came into the cafe the other day to pick up an ad for his newspaper, the Montague Reporter. This sprightly 20-page vehicle for local news is well supported by advertisers, including our GoNOMAD Cafe, and features just the kind of unique and local coverage that the newspaper medium […]

Up late at night on Cindy’s couch, after watching two TV shows about 9/11. The first was a documentary made by two French brothers about the life of a rookie firefighter, that coincided with the attacks and put them in the lobby of the tower as the fireman frantically tried […]

I bicycled down into the Holyoke flats tonight. I began my bike jaunt up in the Holyoke highlands, these are leafy suburbs with nice old homes and people out front doing yard work. There was a nip in the air, it definitely isn’t August any more. I rode down, further […]

Last night we went out in South Deerfield. That’s kind of unusual, as there is not that much going on in our little burgh. But since I had bought an ad in the program, we decided to go and see the Uncommon Player’s production of ‘Losing Patients.’My daughter Kate and […]

Today I read some more of the new issue of Wired, the cover story is about the changing face of music. As usual, Wired says it bluntly: “Radio sucks, the labels are lame. Now Bands are taking over–and fans are getting what they want.” There is an interview with the […]

Fall is in the air this morning, it was a bit cloudy as I rode my bike down Sugarloaf Street en route to the cafe. I woke up later than usual, it was nice not to rush out. I got a chance to spend some time with my grandson Nathan, […]