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Last night I turned on PBS and saw a man holding an old baseball game ticket from the 1930s. It was for game number 34, at Yankee Stadium, in the year 1939. That is a famous game because it was the double header where Lou Gerhig made his famous speech, […]

Interesting people come into the cafe quite often. That’s one of things I like best about this business, the people who pop in for coffee and ask for the owner. Julie Paquette is a pretty woman with long blond hair who is sharp…she works for many clients using Quickbooks software. […]

I wrote about a new Time Inc website before it debuted. It has now died. It was called “Office Pirate” and now that I’ve read in the NY Post that it is gone, I finally got a chance to check it out. And you know it is (was) pretty funny. […]

Last night we had dinner at Cindy’s with a fun couple from Longmeadow. They work in the insurance business, and I got a chance to find out some interesting things about this massively profitable enterprise. When somebody signs up for a life insurance policy, for example, it only takes seven […]

I woke up early, a fitful sleep, with my grandson Nathan crying and waking me up in the night. Groggy, I set out to open the cafe for 8. Slow start, crappy day out, so time to read the Daily Hampshire Gazette. Next month they turn into a morning paper, […]

Today’s Springfield Republican included a story by Mary Ellen Lowney about the decline of watch wearing. She found many youth who shun the wrist adornment, and others who simply said they knew what time it was all day, without a watch. Attorney Michael Ryan, for example, told the reporter exactly […]

It’s pouring rain outside, and I made it to the cafe around 8:45, to find Britt looking kind of weak. She said she wanted to go home, so I took over. Once again, not expecting it, but hey, I really do like this work, and when this happens the business […]

Kathryn my ex sent me an interesting email about the incoming class of 2010. Beloit College compiles a list of the accepted facts of this generation, most of whom were born in 1988. Here are some of their assumptions. 1. The Soviet Union has never existed and therefore is about […]

We went out to dinner last night, to the Tavern on the Hill, a popular place with a magnificent view of the valley below. The place was packed, the twilight was beautiful, and everybody was waiting for a table out on the deck. The conversation flowed easily with another couple, […]

I spent some time on the radio this morning, chatting with Brad Shepard about the current state of affairs in airport security. Before my segment, Brad was chatting about Fanny Foxe, the famous stripper who almost undid the career of Sen. Walter Mills back in 1972, when they were caught […]

The day is young, but with Britt back in her morning slot at the cafe, I have more time to do my thang. That means publicity…so I emailed old pal Brad Shepard and set up an interview tomorrow on WHYN-AM 560 at 8:35 am. I will talk about the new […]

Reuters reports on a new restaurant in India’s financial hub, named after Adolf Hitler and promoted with posters showing the German leader and Nazi swastikas, that has infuriated the country’s small Jewish community. Hitler’s Cross, which opened last week, serves up a wide range of continental fare and a big […]