As I Was Saying…

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Confessions from the new New Frontier

Exercise:

Tuesday, December 11, 2012 - 4:30 am - Write a lyric essay about one of the 50 states in 15 minutes. It’s July or August or Christmas Eve and that means it’s time to eat lobster. We pretend that it’s actually cheaper for us than for the rest of the country, and when we can’t do that, at least we can say that [...]

A thought on a train from South Station to Penn Station

Saturday, July 14, 2012 - 8:06 pm - The way local euphemisms work is always fascinating to me. For example, in Boston, liquor stores are “package stores” but non-metered cabs are plainly called “gypsy cabs”. In New York, liquor stores are liquor stores but non-metered cabs are the very genteel sounding “car service.” Does this mean that New Yorkers are ready to let [...]

“What’re ya havin’ baby?”

Sunday, February 19, 2012 - 5:48 pm - It’s only 9:30 am, but today is already one of those days when I find it easy to love New York because of how often mundane becomes profound here. I got a free coffee from the bodega for being “a teacher who is a very important woman.” Nice. Then I got a seat on an [...]

New Year’s absolutions

Monday, February 6, 2012 - 3:49 am - One of my New Year’s Resolutions (the only one I thought I really meant) was to post something at least once a week. It’s February somehow, so that means that I’ve already not lived up to my own expectations  at least four times. But…instead of the usual throwing up of the hands and declarations of [...]

Archive for June, 2011

The Name Sayer, Part II

June 3, 2011

Two years ago, I wrote a post about Marge’s job as the name reader at Portland High graduations. She’s retiring at the end of this school year, and her reputation as “the voice of graduation” has attracted some well-deserved local media attention.

This video comes from pressherald.com, the website of our local daily newspaper:

 
And this one comes from wcsh6.com, the website of our local NBC affiliate:

 
Yeah, I’m bragging. Who wouldn’t brag with a wife like Marge?

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