Don’t Shoot the Messenger

Sunday, April 18, 2010 — The designer of the universe apparently intended for the events listed here to occur on this date. Unless otherwise noted, none of them were our idea; complaints should be addressed to the diety of your choice. These entries are terse because unlike the Interwebs, newsprint is finite. Admiral Fowle’s Piscataqua River Tidal Guide accomodates fourteen of these on a single page. An example is shown at right; the original size is 1.4 inches by 5.9 inches. This digital medium being what it is, the reader might reasonably expect to find here links to further resources regarding these events. If we …

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Don’t Shoot the Messenger

Saturday, April 17, 2010 — The designer of the universe apparently intended for the events listed here to occur on this date. Unless otherwise noted, none of them were our idea; complaints should be addressed to the diety of your choice. These entries are terse because unlike the Interwebs, newsprint is finite. Admiral Fowle’s Piscataqua River Tidal Guide accomodates fourteen of these on a single page. An example is shown at right; the original size is 1.4 inches by 5.9 inches. This digital medium being what it is, the reader might reasonably expect to find here links to further resources regarding these events. If we …

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The Return of Father Coughlin

Friday, April 16, 2010 — While rummaging around in the archives recently we came across our little collection of Father Coughlin’s rag, Social Justice; we’ve got eight copies, all published in 1941. It was gratifying to rediscover them, given Father Coughlin’s recent reincarnation. We spent an hour or two trying to read some of this drivel. It was a waste of time, so we gave it up. We hope that whoever may be running the Gazette in 2078 will have the sense to do the same if they should come across a transcript of Glenn Beck’s program.

Are We Traitors?

Monday, March 29, 2010 — We received the following message this morning as a comment on our Masthead page: “You should find something better to do than publish subversive and treasonous content. It’s not too late to seek employment that may instill in you more realistic values.” David McVearry Anderson-Colcord Descendant of Edward Colcord of 17th century New Hampshire Naturally we approved the comment immediately. There are few things we like better than a thorough airing of disagreements. Furthermore, we’ve promoted that comment into this post, because we would like to continue this conversation with Mr. Colcord. (That’s his family crest in the image at …

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