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>Now, if I’ve understood this correctly.. – The Iowa Caucuses

Posted on 3 January, 2008 by jb

>Now, if I’ve understood this correctly, the votes of around 9% of Iowans (that would be 0.008% of the entire US population…) serve as an early indication of which candidates for President might win the nomination of their party. That’s … Continue reading →

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>Don’t ask me about….(Chreaster decorations) #29

Posted on 3 January, 2008 by jb

> Or would that be “Eastmas”….? Tags: Easter, Christmas, Portsmouth NH

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>Dumbing down

Posted on 3 January, 2008 by jb

>“The throwaway-Kleenex TV programs and magazines, the junk thought, the affirmations of the unbelievable, the garish music, the suffocating ignorance, the language unrooted in lived human experience — this is the muck we swim in, and even though we despise … Continue reading →

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>It must be me…#3

Posted on 2 January, 2008 by jb

>It must be me Retail therapy at Timberland in Freeport, Maine. Go through the usual “Where are you from? New Zealand. Oh, how exciting I know someone who once went to Ireland” and when I go to pay, the cash … Continue reading →

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>This I need… "Watch out where the huskies go"

Posted on 2 January, 2008 by jb

>So I’m in Stonewall Kitchens in York, Maine. End of the holiday season and they’re selling of all SORTS of festive (and non-festive) crap that – surprisingly – doesn’t appear to be flying out of the door at any great … Continue reading →

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>It must be me…#2

Posted on 31 December, 2007 by jb

>Still in New England. Kittery, Maine. It’d be nice to say that Bob Kraft, who started up Bob’s Clam Hut in 1956, was still running it, has gone all gentrified, changed his name to Robert and opened up Robert’s Maine … Continue reading →

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>Don’t ask me… (about New England life #2)

Posted on 30 December, 2007 by jb

>From the Portsmouth Herald 4:17 p.m.Police were called to Holiday Drive for a report of youths trying to pick a lock on a shed.An officer reported a juvenile was trying to pick the lock with a paperclip “with no chance … Continue reading →

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>It must be me…#1

Posted on 30 December, 2007 by jb

>It’s been said that irony does not travel well, especially in a westerly direction across the North Atlantic. I appear to be on a mission to prove it beyond all doubt.. I’m in Newburyport, MA in the Bookrack, a cool … Continue reading →

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>Don’t ask me… (about New England life)

Posted on 29 December, 2007 by jb

>From the Portsmouth Herald 11:27 a.m. — A caller told police a sick raccoon was in the area of Rockingham Avenue, and when he threw a snowball atit, it didn’t move. The animal was put down and transported from thescene. … Continue reading →

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>Herod 22 to base….

Posted on 24 December, 2007 by jb

>We’re at the Tabernus Ferium on Via XXII in Bethlehem. No sign of the juvenile fugitive We interviewed three suspicious characters with camels who were lurking outside the stable next door – we confiscated what we think are controlled substances … Continue reading →

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