Monthly Archives: February 2015

A confession: Before I write. . .I watch. (Also? A few of my Oscars picks for tonight.)

Tonight is the night when otherwise sane reporters channel their inner Hannibal Lecter and ask women, “Who are you wearing?” It’s the sort of creepy question that is usually directed at people who have human body parts in their freezers. … Continue reading

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These icy blasts from the north? Perhaps winter’s las gasp.

A few winters ago, a childhood friend from Connecticut contacted me on Facebook. I had gone to elementary school with him and we had lost touch when my family moved to Florida just before I started eighth grade. He wrote … Continue reading

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You don’t forget a friend like John Vautier

Lincoln’s Andrew Furtsch works out at the gym in Bristol in a pair of ratty Converse high tops. On the white toecap of one he has written in permanent black marker, “J.H.V.” On the other he has penned “2.8.11.” It … Continue reading

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This week’s forecast brought to you by the Middle Ages

It says a lot about our respect for meteorologists that once again tomorrow morning we will all pretend it is the Middle Ages and look to a six- or seven-pound rodent to forecast the weather. Moreover, we will not merely … Continue reading

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