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Re: All Boston runners have their reasons - NashuaTelegraph.com

RickBroussard — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 14:48:56 -0000

Great essay. First time I've ever really appreciated the marathonic urge as anything other than machismo or masochism. Thanks for sharing the clear view that follows the white haze.

Re: Top Doctors 2010

RickBroussard — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 10:56:53 -0000

Conventional polling methods do tend to bias in favor of population centers. We are planning on instituting some new tactics to our methodology next year that should allow for a better picture of top doctors across the state. Thanks for taking the time to share your thoughts on this.

Re: Fitness kaizen.

RickBroussard — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 18:08:08 -0000

Thanks, Dave. I'm not in awful shape, but after I turned 55 (I'm 57 now) I somehow got stuck about 25 pounds over my previous weight (which I had worked my way down to in mid-life after letting myself go for a few decades of marriage, child-raising and career building). I've struggled with this "plateau" for a while, but I've been seeing a nutritionist and her advice was pretty similar: one step at a time. This is good counsel and I appreciate the reinforcement.

Re: Desperately Seeking Salinger

RickBroussard — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 00:03:53 -0000

Each time I read this I enjoy it. Good work, Kevin.

Re: Pronouncing Portsmouth

RickBroussard — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 14:35:13 -0000

Once you look it up, you might be amused to know that Shibboleth was also the name of a high school underground paper that I started back in the pretentious late 1960s. You probably won't find that fact in the dictionary definition.

Re: Pronouncing Portsmouth

RickBroussard — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 16:13:17 -0000

The best shibboleth is still pronunciation of the capitol city. Everyone has tried Con-chord grape jelly, but only the elite have been to Conquered, NH

Re: Real Weddings - Lindsay Bello & Tim Martin

RickBroussard — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 19:06:17 -0000

Looks like a lovely wedding and a canoe is an apt metaphor for marriage.

Re: Are you a twitterHolic?

RickBroussard — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 18:57:12 -0000

I may be on my way. I find that I gravitate back to Twitter more than any other social media tools. Not sure why I like it. I follow a pretty weird flock and most of what they post is either just noise or novelty. Still, I have definitely gotten information I'd have never known otherwise as a result of Twitter, and I sometimes get news there before it appears on any other aggregator I use..

Re: Round and About NH: Canterbury

RickBroussard — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 18:52:07 -0000

Great photo. The village usually looks so pastoral, but the sky bare trees and closed gate give the shot a little edge and a sense of foreboding.

Re: The It List 2008 28 Stars From the N.H. Firmament

RickBroussard — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:13:40 -0000

People apparently like to be on our It List. Among the many thank-you notes we've gotten is one from Gen. David Petraeus. I'm sure he wouldn't mind my posting it here:

Dear Rick, thanks very much for the copy of the November issue of New Hampshire Magazine and for being selected as one of the New Hampshire residents "who make it happen." I should note, however, that I can only accept such an honor on behalf of those who really do make it happen. In this case, that would be the Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, Marines, Coast Guardsmen, and Civilians I was privileged to lead as the commander of the Multi-National Force-Iraq.

Sincerely, thanks again, and Live Free or Die - General Dave Petraeus

Re: Folk Art with a Twist

RickBroussard — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 10:35:42 -0000

Jim's work blends humor and pathos in a timeless way. I'd recommend hanging on to what you own. I think he's made a mark and his work will increase in value. Just my opinion, not an investment tip.

Re: The It List 2008 28 Stars From the N.H. Firmament

RickBroussard — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 11:39:57 -0000

I hope this new comment feature inspires readers to offer their suggestions for people for our It List, Remarkable Women and such.

Re: UpFront: The Forgotten Thanksgiving

RickBroussard — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 11:30:47 -0000

A happy Thanksgiving to all. There's a lot to be thankful for.

Re: Hot New Restaurants 2008

RickBroussard — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 13:39:02 -0000

What about fast food?

Re: If UFO belief is crazy, what about creationism?

RickBroussard — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 03:14:21 -0000

I know that all journalism is just artful oversimplification, but I think the UFO/creationist campaign news is a chance to explain that there is more nuance to both these positions than is typically described. A person can, like myself, reject random purposeless evolution, believe that a transdimensional being created everything and holds some kind of sway over it, and still not believe that a genealogy complied by a Bishop in the 15th Century is an accurate chronology of the universe.

Likewise a person of sound mind, like the numerous folks, police and civilian, who saw something unexplainable in the sky over Exeter in 1965, should be able to say, without reservation, that they have seen a UFO. Now, if you see the UFO at Shirley MacLaine's house, I think you might want to keep your mouth shut if you have presidential aspirations, but maybe that's just me.

Re: It’s …—… for Morse Code

RickBroussard — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 03:43:28 -0000

Until I saw it in the context of your note, I never realized that Homer Simpson's famous ejacultory is actually a bit like a mash up of "dot" and "dash." So in Homer-speak, the official distress signal would simply be D'oh! D'oh! D'oh!, D'oh! D'oh! D'oh!, D'oh! D'oh! D'oh!

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Re: The It List 2008 28 Stars From the N.H. Firmament

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