One of those imaginary light bulbs appeared over my head as I stood at the pumps last week, filling my TrailBlazer with 87 octane. It was br...

At one time I thought that the ultimate recipe for a political stalemate was a climate in which neither dominant party held a clear majority...

Ah, the much-touted "basic eight" -- I actually got a full night's sleep last night, closing my eyes just after 9pm. When the ...

The amplifiers growled, the lights came up and the soul of Zachariah's Red-Eye Saloon stepped out from the wings to greet its extended ...

One of the best parts of shooting a concert is getting there ahead of the crowd, before the show begins. When I walked through the stage do...

I'll have more to say later about last night's Zachariah's Red-Eye Reunion. For now, I'll just tell you that it was, as exp...

As I sipped my first cup of coffee early this morning, I clicked the send-receive button to check e-mail. There were several messages relate...

While strolling the bookstore a week ago I was drawn to a small blank book wrapped in warm brown leather, its cover secured by a thong. The...

From what I've seen, the Massachusetts GOP could put up a lawn chair against Martha Coakley and take Ted Kennedy's U.S. Senate seat ...

"Amateurs study tactics. Professionals study logistics." (Lt. Gen. Russel Honoré, U.S. Army (retired), invoking an ages-old milit...

It was a good day at the shop. I made a few sales that surprised me, found some parts I expected would elude me and generally felt good abou...

Off the top here, I encourage all readers of KintlaLake Blog to donate $10 to earthquake-relief efforts in Haiti by sending the text messa...

After dinner this evening, the KintlaLake family ducked into a local bookstore. My wife was in the market for a blank book to hold her jour...

We had an unusual convergence of weather phenomena here this morning -- dense, humid air and pre -dawn temps in the single digits. This ...

"Sarah Palin only needs a red rubber nose and some exploding shoes and she could go back to work for Barnum and Bailey. The fact that w...

That memorable phrase, often mis attributed to Winston Churchill, reportedly was on the subject of prepositions . When I say it today, it...

With the mercury hovering near zero this morning, I pulled on my layers and ventured out toward our common space . A few small birds follow...

Late this afternoon, it stopped snowing. Oh, we're not buried up to our chins or anything, but for 14 straight days we've had white ...

Over the course of 30-plus years in the working world, at times I've found (or made) my opportunities. Other times the opportunities hav...

I work with a guy who's close to my age, maybe a few years younger. He hails originally from central Michigan, a snowier and colder clim...