This week in The Tentacle
Wednesday, December 26, 2007
We are all mourning this Christmas season after last Wednesday’s senseless death of Smithsburg police officer Christopher Shane Nicholson, 25.
The Joy and Sadness of Christmas
Tom McLaughlin
It’s almost over. I have just about cleaned out the four-story townhouse and have over 100 boxes of stuff. I say stuff because I was not sure what to throw out and what to keep. Most of the stuff was Mom’s and Dad’s.
WE GET LETTERS!
WE GET LETTERS!!! A Walkersville resident commiserates with Steve Berryman and his thoughts about I-270 and its effect on our community. CLICK HERE!!! CLICK HERE!
Monday, December 24, 2007
These observations appeared in my Frederick News-Post column the December sleigh-bell-bedecked horses pulled wagons through downtown streets; a spectacle that had disappeared several decades before. It was also the season when my column first appeared.
Family Traditions – Old and New
Farrell Keough
Think back to those exhilarating days just prior to the big event; the chill in the air; the anticipatory extra step in your gait; the constant talk among your friends as to what you might find on that oh-so-special day.
Friday, December 21, 2007
You want proof farmers have become the new outcasts? Check the Thursday front page of the Frederick News-Post for Commissioner John L. Thompson, Jr.'s latest bureaucratic fandango.
Norman M. Covert
Pardon my impertinence, but a long time ago my blue eyes assured me in the darkness of an early Christmas morning that Santa Claus had come and gone. No question. No debate.
Thursday, December 20, 2007
Chris Cavey
Next month will be the beginning, nationwide, of presidential primary voting. In my travels I have run into many people who are both surprised and confused about the advanced voting season. So here is a little primer to help you through the quandary of what and why.
Farrell Keough
When the pin is pulled, Mr. Grenade is not your friend. [
WE GET LETTERS!
WE GET LETTERS!!!!! A
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Playing “The War on Christmas” Card
Fortunately, this year in “The War on Christmas,” no overwhelming weapons of mass Christmas destruction have materialized and it appears that Christmas is winning. And that’s a good thing.
Tom McLaughlin
It absolutely can’t be that dirty. No way. The
Farrell Keough
Aim towards the Enemy. [Instructions printed on U.S. Rocket Launcher]
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
Farrell Keough
What is the similarity between an air traffic controller and a pilot? If a pilot screws up, the pilot dies; if the air traffic controller screws up…, the pilot dies. [Anonymous]
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