Since out kids are off to college, my wife and I don’t have an excuse to participate in our town’s trick-or-treating (like many communities, Mont Vernon gathers along Main Street for its Halloween candy grab; it’s a great time to see just about everybody in town).
So as not to miss out, for several years we [...]
It’s pretty annoying in newsrooms this time of year: we get bombarded with restaurants saying “we have a ghost- write about us!” or local authors who have written “Haunted Houses of Lower South-Central New Hampshire,” or “certified demonologists” (they’re *always* certified) who think that a dead squirrel in the road is sure sign of animal-torturing Satanists at work and demand a story, with photo of course.
Whenever we can’t sleep — which is hardly ever — we drive to the Scryber Labs and fire up Hamumu’s spooky game, Sleepless Hollow. With Halloween right around the corner, it’ll send a chill down your spine. It reminds us of the old days when we played Hugo until we were too [...]
We’ve been spending a lot of time in Looneyland these days. Though that may not surprise you, especially if you know us, it may shock you that Looneyland exists only on our computers in the posh but not overly ostentatious Scryber Labs. You’ll be scared silly and pleasantly entertained to learn that [...]
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About this blog
David Brooks has written a science column for the Nashua (N.H.) Telegraph since 1991 (see recent ones here). It is now in the Concord (N.H.) Monitor, as well. He has overseen this blog since 2006. (E-mail him or call 603-594-5831).
Also contributing:Earle Rich is a jack-of-many-trades engineer with experience in wind turbines.
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