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Family misadventures may be the basis for some urban legends

According to Oxford Languages, the online dictionary used by Google, an urban legend is “a humorous or horrific story or piece of information circulated as though true, especially one purporting to involve someone vaguely related or known to the teller.” You know how this goes. It’s ...

Online selling more common in the age of COVID-19

When you think of eBay.com, Etsy.com, Rubylane.com, Facebook marketplace, Chairish.com, and other sites for online selling, you probably think about electronics, toys, kitchen items, jewelry, paintings, magazines, clothes, doorknobs, bikes, celebrity autographs, and just about everything – ...

Pass the Flowbee

What have you been up to since, say, last March? Never mind. That was a trick question. I already know, thanks to Google Search Trends for 2020. The list has been released. Let’s see how your curiosity index compares to the rest of us housebound members of C.L.U. – COVID Lockdown ...

Trump, the Accelerant

I’m pretty sure since Donald Trump doesn’t read anything, except the comics inside a Bazooka Joe wrapper, if he were to read the word “accelerant” next to his name, he’d say, “No, it said ‘Trump the Excellent.’ Come on- because as we all know, I am really very excellent.” He ...

2021 session off to a rocky start

While 2020 is a year few will forget, many hoped this new year would provide a brighter and more hopeful panorama to explore. However, from a Concord perspective, the first few days of 2021 look a great deal like dirgeful 2020 days. The Legislature has yet to meet in 2021, but the opening ...