God bless, Sam Harbey. He’s owner and proprietor of Sam’s Pizza on Main Street in downtown ‘Hamp. The former Quizno’s / Bart’s Homemade / Bonducci’s. Sam’s has come the closest to capturing the “come in, relax, hang out” vibe that was Bonducci’s. Everybody’s in there from Mary with the chin beard [...]
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Welcome Vermont and Iowa
The Vermont news about legal gay marriage is exciting, especially the part about how it’s the first gay marriage victory that was achieved through legislative action as opposed to a court decision.
But I kind of am more thrilled about Iowa joining our ranks of legal gay weddinging. (Wow, no spell check on weddinging, WordPress? Really?) [...]
Cross Crossing
The Main / King / Pleasant Street intersection is a practice of cooperation. We pedestrians know that after every cycle of red light / green light, we too will get our chance to cross. It’s easy to spot the out-of-towners who just assume the green light is for them despite the bold red hand indicating [...]
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Mom Always Said…
…don’t throw stereo speakers in the house.
They really know how to package an experience at Apple. Honestly, from start to finish, the opening of the box, plugging in, turning on, and logging in was nothing short of thrilling. But then again, I don’t get out much.
Speaking of thrilling, did you hear the news? The Superman [...]
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BID You!
Although the BID, Business Improvement District, was passed by the City Council last month, it still had its share of protestors at last week’s Council meeting. As Tommy Devine stated in his summation of this quieter protest of an event, “Still, it’s always good to see activists in action, whatever the numbers.” Indeed, indeed.
The Council [...]
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Backseat Driver
One time when Jaime’s car was full of crap, bags of old clothes, a lamp shade, hockey skates, with maybe a box fan and an old rusted fry pan, a friend of mine asked, “Is Jaime mentally ill?”
The contents of our cars say a lot about us. Just ask Pennywise here waiting for his driver [...]
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Surprising Service or Kind of Creepy?
In my heated frustration with C.C. the other day, I wrote the post you see below here, looking for another form of E-mail template to use.
That wasn’t the end of the story.
The story goes after that I took a slug of water, walked the small dog and then sat down again to figure it out. [...]
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Constant Con-…Help Me.
I’ve been trying to use Constant Contact for the last three hours but am so frustrated by the freakin’ format!
Is there any other event announcement, nice-looking, easy-to-use, MAC-FRIENDLY template out there to use?
My GOD! there must be something better after all…
In the meantime, I’m trying to get the word out about my next turn on [...]
D-I-Y Compost Pile
Good friends Rossie Perera and Hilary B. Price took time out from their busy schedules to help me turn the rotting fetid pile of two-year old garbage in my backyard into compost gold.
Supplies You’ll Need for Your Compost Bin:
Chicken wire
Metal stakes
2-year old pile of rotting fetid garbage
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