Bumping Into a MILF in Stop and Shop
I drove my son to the store last night to fill up his larder with food. At the market I almost ran right into a woman pushing a full cart, with a baby in a carseat on top of the groceries. She wore a sweatshirt with a sassy design, it […]
The Cartoons They Can’t Stand
Why did the Danish newspaper publish the Muhammed cartoons? BBC News explained. “The Danish newspaper that originally published the cartoons commissioned them after the author of a book about Islam said he was unable to find a single person willing to provide images of the Prophet. The newspaper’s culture editor, […]
The Pulse of Business in Deerfield
Today I picked up our Gazette to find a nice story that included this photo. They also ran this box with a set of ‘local business owner’ type questions: Business: GoNomad.com; Computer Cleaners; GoNOMAD CAFE Why open now: Addressing a gap in town: ‘People love coffee and they love the […]
Like Having a Beer-Buzzed Guy Yell in Your Ear
Mikael Wood savages the Piano Man’s latest CD box set in the Village Voice. “Yet Joel’s performance here—onstage before an adoring crowd that includes one guy with a sign reading, “YOU ARE THE BEST”—has to be one of the most dispassionate things I’ve ever seen: Joel stares into space, as […]
The Four Horsemen Bring Back the Boom
Reading the February issue of Wired on this rainy night in Holyoke.Josh McHugh wrote a story about venture capitalist Allen Morgan who is taking a second look at the flame-outs of five years ago that may be viable today. He cites four factors to back up his claim, he calls […]
Flying to the Coast and Visiting with Vannah
Random musings on a Friday in February: I got email for a new service that will mail a paper valentine’s day card out for you–complete with hand stuck stamp–and your own personalization. You can choose from a range of fonts/handwriting such as “Amandine” and “Philling” both looking like a sixth […]
A Sign Makes a Million Dollar Difference!
Duncan Ferguson has put up our giant outside signs and even painted the door. So we’re on our way…when we get our sinks installed and finish our painting, we’re ready to rock!
Travel Writing is the Art of Good Conversation
Christine O’Toole is a fine writer who traveled to Belfast with me in December. She sent me an essay by one of my favorite authors, Robert D. Kaplan, on travel writing vs. reporting, that ran in the Columbia Journalism review. Just listening to people, to their stories — rather than […]