NOTES TO CARL | LESSONS IN MEDIOCRITY
Randy Seaver, a grumpy old guy, offers advice to his grandson and howls at the moon
Rambling discourse, half-assed analysis and lots of sarcasm from the guy who still buys ink by the barrel in Biddeford
Fifteen years ago, what happened in Biddeford on Tuesday would have been unimaginable . . . but in the context of today’s Biddeford, Roch Angers’ brutal defeat for a seat on the York County Commissioners board was quite predictable.
Enlisting in the Air Force, selling industrial tools, working on a reservation and contemplating the priesthood are all part of the family legacy archive that I am leaving for my future grandson, Carl
God smiled upon me, and I was able to cap off my much-ballyhooed, mini vacation in the best way possible last night, spending time with my good friend Parke Burmeister.
The value of historical context when writing community news. Case in point, the meteoric rise of a local politician, Ryan Fecteau
According to a recent feature story in the Aspen Daily News, Robinson was a journalist’s journalist: “dogged and irreverent kind of journalist — the type who wouldn’t take BS if it was served on a silver platter and knew a government meeting was good material if you could write about it with verve.”
In a nutshell, the First Amendment does NOT allow you to publicly demonstrate how big of a moron you are and how few active brain cells you possess.
Although I am no longer working as a political/PR consultant (Thank Christ), I still find the subject matter intriguing, especially when it's literally taking place in my own back yard. Today, I am pretty much consumed with running the Biddeford Gazette, a non-profit media outlet hyper-focused on covering the city of Biddeford. As part of … Continue reading Unsolicited advice for a young candidate
Once again, it would seem that many of Maine’s most ardent Democrats cannot see the forest for the trees. And that’s saying something, especially since Maine is the most forested state in the country. Matt Dunlap, Maine’s former secretary of state, decided to end his four-day titillating tease, ceasing the media foreplay --- will he … Continue reading I’ve got a Golden ticket
From what I am told, some people in Biddeford do not like me very much. Shocker! This has been hard news for me to process and absorb. So please bear with me. It was only three weeks ago that someone suggested that I was the “God of Biddo.” What went wrong?
Look, let's get this out of the way before we proceed. Poverty sucks, living near poverty level sucks; and life is not "fair." Never has been. Never will be. In the times of ancient Greece, some people lived in squalor while others enjoyed luxury. Today, most people living in Somalia have a much lower standard of living than even America's poorest citizens. It's all perspective.
NOTES TO CARL | LESSONS IN MEDIOCRITY 