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Yee Haw—It’s Time for Northern Country Music

Northerners need country songs about their own particular interests. Like ridin' snowmobiles. And ice fishing. And making maple syrup.

Northerners need country songs about their own particular interests. Like ridin' snowmobiles. And ice fishing. And making maple syrup.

Last month I went to a wedding in Richmond, [...]

Fright Club

The healthcare system could be worse.

The healthcare system could be worse.

I don’t enjoy getting scared. When I was a kid, I’d run out of the room when the commercial for Friday the 13th came on TV. I’ve never seen Nightmare on Elm Street, Halloween or [...]

Feeling So-So

Sooo...

I probably end statements with "so" more frequently than you do, so.

There’s a strange linguistic crutch that’s sweeping the nation. It’s an epidemic of epidemic proportions. I see it on TV, I hear it on the street and I even [...]

Beach and Moan

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After an interminably damp summer, beach weather finally arrived this month and I earnestly participated in my first “beach day.” I use quotation marks because I don’t think that two hours can honestly be claimed as a day. But my beach time was long [...]