In honor of my first entry on a real-life newspaper sponsored blog, I must pay homage to the movie that altered the course of my existence and directed the trajectory of my professional life…or something  like that.
I was 8 years old when I first saw Newsies, a Disney musical about New York City newsboys in 1899 who organize a strike against [...]

I really loved some of the songs on this weekend's edition of the Encore podcast, Weekend Word. The Lydia Warren Band sent over a great bluesy tune, "Fireworks," and Scalawag had a nice rootsy-rock flavor with "Rose Marie" and the cool hip-hop of Nashua's One Love  provided a new track off its forthcoming EP, "On the [...]

 This week, my esteemed colleagues and I gathered for a summary of a project we've been involved in called the Learning Newsroom and to discuss the results of the endeavor that were published in the book All Eyes Forward: How to Help Your Newsroom Get Where It Wants to Go Faster by the project coordinator, [...]

Yesterday, I had a major earworm problem. You know, when a song gets stuck in your head, and you can't seem to shake it out? Mine was "The Lonely Goatherd" from The Sound of Music, so you might say it was a baaad case of earworm.
Momentary tangent alert: The Sound of Music happens to be [...]

With the weather (gradually) turning warmer, I have realized two things:
1) The air conditioning in my Uick still doesn't work. Putting the defroster on cold doesn't help much.
2) On the days my CD player decides to work, it's very important to play music that will not embarrass me (too much) in front of other drivers [...]

I was not the biggest fan of the Food Network until recently, when the new show "Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives" caught my eye. Casual is what I consider a great eating atmosphere. (By the way, the episode at 10 p.m. June 18 features Manchester's Red Arrow Diner, which was mentioned in The Telegraph a few weeks [...]

What are you doing Aug. 25-27?
Mark your calendars now for Potato Days in Barnsville, Minn.
Who can say no to a weekend of mashed potato wrestling, potato sculpting and the Miss Tater Tot Pageant.
But why stop at potatoes?
July 27-29 marks the annual Gilroy Garlic Festival in Gilroy, Calif. Whether you're a newbie or a "seasoned" visitor, [...]

After feeling the backlash of suggesting to his readers that pilots who talk too much over the loudspeaker be killed, Michael Rosenberg of The Detroit Free Press wrote a great column this week outlining nine rules of journalism, which include " If the President of the United States is accused of violating the law on [...]

This weekend, I had the opportunity to check out the student exhibition at Ikebana Flower on West Pearl Street in Nashua. I spent more time examining the dozen or so floral arrangements than I did the whole of the Shanghai Museum in China. This may have been partly due to the massive gift shop at [...]

I just caught a Red Bull commercial I've never seen before and although I normally find the quirky line drawings used to illustrate how the beverage "gives you wings," this one left me oddly disturbed.
In it, a superhero character hears a woman's cries for help from his high-rise, presumably in the city. He goes to [...]