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Rick's List — Prime Hallmark Channel Season(s) Draweth Night edition
There are a lot of things I don't understand, and modern technology is at the top of the festering heap of my ignorance. So I had no idea what a friend was talking about last week when she explained that, returning home after a long vacation in Maine, she'd left several important gadgets or...
Into each life some rain must fall, usually when you least want it
While paddling back to my car last Sunday after joining dozens of other boats at the annual Niantic River Kayak Regatta, I silently thanked the weather gods for holding off on threatened thunderstorms.
Rick's List - "Back in the Tube" edition
I'm taking an online course from the Iowa Writers Workshop called "How to Create New Idiomatic Expressions." The hope is that, if I can get a PhD in Whimsical Colloquialisms, I might be able to find freelance work inventing quaint clichés to capture recurring experiences in...
Breaking news: No escape from relentless reports on heat wave
“This is Faye Knooz, once again bringing you live team coverage of the season’s first heat wave that has crippled the region with nonstop reporting of weather-related news ..."
Rick's List "Estate of Ronnie James Dio Auction" edition
Being "in the loop" as a Professional Writer about Music (PWAM), I'm privy to all sorts of things You Common Folks (YCF) never see or even hear about. For example, I just got word that, on September 14 and 15, an eminent West Coast auction house will be selling loads of memorabilia from...
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People are STILL slobs! (and other progress reports)
What are slobs thinking? I guess nothing at all — it’s all reflex: Finish beer, cigarette or burger, roll down window, toss, keep driving.
The rose-breasted grosbeak's race against time
The breeding season is beginning to wind down now, and the sound of young fledglings is slowly replacing the morning chorus of territorial male birds.
Packing for a hike: Less is more
While hiking up the Tuckerman Ravine Trail en route to a winter climb of New Hampshire’s Mount Washington some time ago, I noticed cans of food and other supplies scattered every so often along the snow-covered path.
Can less sometimes be best?
A nice old fellow who came to see me was his usual funny, cantankerous self, hobbling with his cane and grumbling about the ravages of time on his body.
Rick's List — I'll Fix Campaign Commercials Edition
These are eldritch times. The wolf is at the door; his breath is foul and he won't take no for an answer. Darkness and Decay are thinking about holding illimitable dominion over all. And, if he wasn't deceased, Greg Lake would fear tomorrow he'd...
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Lindsey Buckingham — Nov. 29, Garde Arts Center; tickets on sale at 10 a.m. Sat.; $55-$300
Tony Bennett — Oct. 4, Mohegan Sun Arena; tickets on sale at 10 a.m. today; $45.75-$65.75
So You Think You Can Dance Live! 2018 — Oct. 14, Mohegan Sun Arena; tickets on sale at 10 a.m. today; $29-$49
Jim Gaffigan — Feb. 22 at Foxwoods' Grand Theater; tickets on sale at 10 a.m. today; $55-$135
Kevin Hart — Sept. 28, Toyota Oakdale Theater, Wallingford; tickets on sale at 10 a.m. Friday; $65-$135
The Bouncing Souls — Oct. 20, Webster Theater, Hartford; tickets on sale at 10 a.m. today; $27.50-$30
Glenn Hughes — Aug. 28, Space Ballroom, Hamden; tickets on sale now; $40-$45
