Oh my God... take a look I have to laugh and cry. My calendar – which I keep a copy of in my office at the paper to remind me how NOT to do ...

My friend Maureen Turner has written a very nice piece on my Springfield post card book in this week's edition of The Valley Advocate: h...

From the folks at Zogby...interesting results! Pleasantville, N.Y. - October 29, 2008 - Just days before Americans choose our next president...

They just had a press conference today for this event on Wednesday, which isn't much time to promote it. My wife and I attended the one ...

Hey political junkies....this just in: While some people run the Boston Marathon. Ralph Nader will be running the Massachusetts Marathon. An...

My pop culture weekend part three I've been on the sets of three films – two features and a short – and each time I've watched the p...

Pop Culture weekend part 2 I was trying to recall just what spurred my interest in horror films and I cant recall what the trigger was. I kn...

Benny Juxx had Mr. TA in a bad way at the Castle of Knights on Oct. 17. Mr. TA is Terry Allen, a professional wrestler who runs the Big Tim...

The folks at Western New England College sent me this today and I thought it was interesting: Massachusetts voters overwhelmingly oppose eli...

I'm feeling very guilty now. Our home is about halfway done in the siding job that will help seal and protect its century-plus timbers a...

Springfield's Third train station – a real beauty – was used for less than 30 years before it was replaced by the current station. The n...

Happy Birthday Valley Advocate! Here's the story that landed me into hot water with one local cartoonist. Sorry but that version of ...

Dobbs enters the video age My boss wants my department to produce videos for the newspaper's Web site and so at the risk of people telli...

So what color are you and is this accurate? From the folks at Zogby After two presidential election cycles during which the American elector...

Shameless self-promotion time again, kids! First, my Fleischer at the Center for Cartoon Studies in White River Junction tomorrow night will...

Since my buddy Mark "not the Race Car Driver" and I have been testing the bounds of our friendship through a heated political disc...

Going back to Vermont. Come by and see the show! The Center for Cartoon Studies presents an evening with animation historian and scholar G....

Last week was very busy, so I apologize for not posting more. I'll make it up this week. With the presidential election now in full swin...

It was a very busy weekend with a successful signing at the Barnes & Noble in Enfield Conn. on Saturday (the next one is Oct. 4 at 10 a....

More shameless hustling of the Springfield book! I'll be selling copies at the Mattoon Street Arts Festival this afternoon, probably aro...