Damn. I'm terribly sorry to hear this. At the behest of my friend Elliott Almond, I'd dropped Earl a line after I moved to Montana. Seeing him on...
Man. RIP, Don. I'd just gotten to know Don a little bit, as we bonded over the death of a mutual friend, former Courant desker Chris Reidy. Don...
Here's an old photo of Chris. He didn't change much over the years. I'd say, too, that this one pretty well captures who he was. A fun-loving,...
Just wanted to let folks know that Chris Reidy, a longtime sports copy editor at the Hartford Courant, died yesterday. He was 43 or 44 (God, how...
Anchorage, with the notable exceptions of the extended winter and the limited road system, bears more resemblance to your typical...
True story: In 1989, I was 19 and driving home after a road trip through the Rockies. I lost a window in West Texas and stopped at a small-town...
Don't have an answer for the fizziness, but the reason Coke Zero tastes so close to the real thing is that it's based on the same formula as the...
Re: Design thread *updated 11/10* This is the most consistently interesting and useful thread on the journalism-only board. A hearty salute to...
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