Jan 23-29, 2008
The Vermont Tech Business Issue: Niche Software Companies Take Hold in Vermont; Is Vermont’s “Brain Drain” Reality Or Rhetoric?; With Ann DeMarle’s Popular Video Game Courses, Champlain College Levels Up
I’m Twittering!
I feel so 21st century! In December I made a Facebook page, and a couple weeks ago I started Twittering my meals. Wanna check it out? Move your eyes slightly to the right…see? It seems a little weird, and possibly egotistical, to write down my choice of breakfast cereals and where I’m having dinner, but…
The Second Oldest Profession
Last night was a strange one. Early on things were super-slow. The “adults,” it appeared, were not yet recovered from the holidays and were staying home. So, I ground it until the “kids” began showing up around 11’ish. Business picked up, but it was not one of my better nights. Such is January. At some…
Evoking Mississippi
Though I’ve been penning the “Hackie” column for 11 years (Egad), the creative process has never grown rote. If ever it should become automatic, that’s the day I pack it in. It’s actually the precise opposite of rote: every time I sit down to write a story, I feel as if I’m figuring it out…
Chocolate Troubles (and a poll!)
Since my recent confession that I’m not as passionately entranced with chocolate as others seem to be, I’ve realized that I’m being punished by the chocolate gods. How do I know that there are chocolate gods? Because the Latin name for chocolate is Theobroma cacao, and Theobroma translates as “food of the gods. Duh! I…
They’ve Got Game
With Ann DeMarle’s popular video game courses, Champlain College levels up
I Love Blackflower Chocolates
I have to confess that I like chocolate, but I’m not a chocolate fiend — most likely because I don’t have much of a sweet tooth (I do, however, have a fat, salty tooth). However, I’ve been loving everything I can get my hands on from Blackflower Chocolates of Charlotte. Why? The chocolate is dark,…
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): “Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year,” said essayist Ralph Waldo Emerson. That’s my first suggestion for you this week, Aries. Now, while you’re at the energetic peak of your astrological cycle, is a good time to cultivate a knack for identifying the…
Waitsfield Just Keeps Getting Sweeter
Side Dishes: Big Picture meets Small Donuts, and Liz Lovely goes nuts
Facing the Music
Amadis performs with Maneuvers and Cccome? at 242 Main, Monday, January 28, 7 p.m. $5/6.
Scene@ Yankee Sportsman’s Classic Hunting, Fishing Outdoor Rec. Show
Champlain Valley Expo, Essex Junction, Saturday, January 19, 9 a.m. – 7 p.m.
Wired and Windblown
Art Review: Carol Norton: “Cyclone!: The Colors of Iowa From A to Z,” oils on canvas; and Peter Robinson-Smith: Wire mesh sculpture. Flynndog, Burlington. Through February.
News Quirks
Curses, Foiled Again A man broke into a condo in Clinton Township, Mich., only to be confronted by the owner, who had just returned from a hunting trip and greeted the intruder with a 12-gauge shotgun. According to police Capt. Richard Maierle, the 29-year-old suspect “said something to the effect of ‘Hey, wrong apartment. Sorry.…
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Dealer.com [SIV63]
1/18/08: Ping pong, lattes, plants, OH MY! Dealer.com is a VT company that recently expanded into plush new digs and is hiring a young, technically savvy workforce. There has been lots of talk lately about young people leaving Vermont in search of better paid, high tech jobs – does Dealer.com offer a ray of…
Weld
Though it sometimes seems that way, not all the downtown weekend revelers are young and unattached. Saturday night I drove a married working man home from a night out with the boys. I could tell this was not a regular occurrence for this man with a wife and a couple of young kids at home.…
Noshin’ on “The Onion”
It’s time once again for a fun round-up of food-related stories from The Onion. 1) Historians Discover Children’s Menu on the Back of U.S. Constitution2) All Seven Deadly Sins Committed at Church Bake Sale3) What Kind of Powdered Chocolate Drink Mix Have We Unleashed Upon the World?4) Kraft Introduces New Kraft Doubles For Couples5) Very…
