http://www.carriagetownenews.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 http://www.carriagetownenews.com/isitjustme/local_story_182151700.html Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:16:00 EDT http://www.carriagetownenews.com/isitjustme/local_story_182151700.html Is it just me? http://www.carriagetownenews.com/isitjustme/local_story_178002454.html Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:23:00 EDT http://www.carriagetownenews.com/isitjustme/local_story_178002454.html Oh, The HorrorIt was a dark, rainy night, on a long-forgotten back road in the mountains of West Virginia. Mary Ellen finally had enough of her abusive husband’s drunken beatings and mustered up the courage to leave him, once and for all. With a mere $30 in her pocketbook, she slipped out of their bedroom and into the night, not knowing exactly what to expect, but understanding deep within her heart that leaving was the only thing left to do, short of murdering the drunkard where he slept. http://www.carriagetownenews.com/isitjustme/local_story_168082321.html Mon, 16 Jun 2008 08:22:00 EDT http://www.carriagetownenews.com/isitjustme/local_story_168082321.html Over the past few years I’ve made it clear that in my younger years I was not the poster child for good kids everywhere - or anywhere, for that matter. http://www.carriagetownenews.com/isitjustme/local_story_161111049.html Mon, 09 Jun 2008 07:08:00 EDT http://www.carriagetownenews.com/isitjustme/local_story_161111049.html Surprise, surprise, the New Hampshire American Civil Liberties Union is at it again. When I last complained about their evil-doings, they were trying to block parents from receiving free drug tests from local police and school administrators. They felt it “destroyed the trust” between parent and child. This is the same organization that defends the criminal who hurts himself while breaking into your house - your glass window apparently shouldn’t have sharp edges after it’s smashed by a burglar; someone might cut themselves. http://www.carriagetownenews.com/isitjustme/local_story_154140523.html Mon, 02 Jun 2008 14:03:00 EDT http://www.carriagetownenews.com/isitjustme/local_story_154140523.html Not long ago, my wife and I decided to pull our youngest son, Ryan, out of high school. The reasons are many, but suffice it to say, it wasn’t doing him much good, nor he it. So now he’s being home-schooled by yours truly and watched like the proverbial hawk. He seems to be with the understanding now that his prior actions weren’t leading him anywhere positive and he’s embraced a new line of thinking. He’s gone so far as to change his hairstyle and his dress - he’s gone from looking like his last name should be “Munster” to someone you’d expect to see in grad school. http://www.carriagetownenews.com/isitjustme/local_story_148092704.html Tue, 27 May 2008 09:39:00 EDT http://www.carriagetownenews.com/isitjustme/local_story_148092704.html I’m a complainer. Many of us are, we just don’t like to admit it. It’s something that’s easy to do: just find something you don’t like and vocalize what you don’t like about it and why. Sometimes, we’ll gather together in groups and vocalize, sometimes we do it with a friend or loved one, and other times, usually when we’re at our most frustrated, we do it alone, even though there’s no one around to listen. http://www.carriagetownenews.com/isitjustme/local_story_140142748.html Mon, 19 May 2008 14:24:00 EDT http://www.carriagetownenews.com/isitjustme/local_story_140142748.html There’s something about a baby that makes me smile. Maybe it’s the misshapen head, the pouting, drooly mouth or the tiny hands and feet that endear them to me. It’s certainly not the 2:00am feedings, the dirty diapers, the spitting up or the incessant crying while teething or suffering through colic. Maybe it’s that fresh baby smell that, when inhaled by people over 60, adds years to their lives. Maybe it’s just because, like me, they have so little hair. http://www.carriagetownenews.com/isitjustme/local_story_133140845.html Mon, 12 May 2008 14:04:00 EDT http://www.carriagetownenews.com/isitjustme/local_story_133140845.html Our 43rd president of the United States has been taking a beating since before he was elected - and for good reason: people judge you by how you carry yourself, how you behave, and how you speak. George W. Bush lacks in all three areas. http://www.carriagetownenews.com/isitjustme/local_story_127090806.html Tue, 06 May 2008 09:08:00 EDT http://www.carriagetownenews.com/isitjustme/local_story_127090806.html There are very few things that people in this country can agree on. One train of thought that does get heads nodding in unison is that things aren’t good and they’re getting worse every day. Seeing as this is an election year, you’d think we might see hope on the horizon, but I fear that there is little anyone can do to right the listing ship. http://www.carriagetownenews.com/isitjustme/local_story_119140722.html Mon, 28 Apr 2008 14:07:00 EDT http://www.carriagetownenews.com/isitjustme/local_story_119140722.html “Things are different today, I hear every mother say.”- Mother’s Little Helper, Rolling Stones, 1966Mick Jagger’s words ring as true today as they did forty years ago: things are much different now than they were when we were younger. Skip a generation and these changes become even more evident. The only thing that remains constant is every adult complaining about how much things have changed since they were young.