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Indian Summer

SideTrek Route 5 North to Bernardston on a sunny 70-degree day to try FarmTable restaurant. Outside umbrella, please. Crabcake okay, if light on crustacean. Burger tasty. Sass Pinot Gris delightful. Smuttynose Old Brown Dog Ale delicious. Took home a loaf of their bakery’s olive bread, it was so good. Lunching al fresco on a warm mid-October afternoon, priceless.

Hopped over to Northfield on Route 10. Meandered along the Connecticut River on a back road that parallels Route 63. Through Montague, Sunderland. Hatfield farm-stand stop. Mums and bread in tow. Perfect IndianSummer Saturday.

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October Surprise?

No more talking. Parsing words. Dissecting sentences. Nit-picking facial ticks. It’s time for action. Obama needs to show us something. Not tell us anything else. Enough Letterman, Daily Show, View. Honey Boo Boo.

Where’s our October surprise? Better hurry up. It’s almost Halloween. Exhibit leadership. Do something Presidential. Catch a bunch of bad guys. Bring all the soldiers home. Make it big. Make it good. Or, Trick not Treat. In a couple of weeks, we could face threat of troops to Iran under President PuppMitt.

Comforting weekend fare. Veggie Lasagne. RecipeDetours.

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Paradise Lost

Once a glittering mecca, Northampton is called “Paradise City”. It’s the latest title and setting of Archer Mayor’s Joe Gunther detective series. Gunther uncovers a stolen jewelry ring, and encounters some unsavory sorts. I’ve run into a few real-life residents portrayed in this book over the years. And, it’d be wise to be wary. Mayor hails from Brattleboro, Vermont, up the road.

K9Queen loves a good mystery series. I’m looking forward to Joe McGinnis’ local crime exposé. He’s the guy who moved next door to Sarah Palin and has been hunkered down in our Hampshire County Courthouse, at “15 Gothic Street”.

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GloBate

In the Valley of Debates. IMF warns that global economy is teetering on the brink as the struggling EU gets Nobel Prize for Peace. Fiscal cliff looms here. No debate to date has dealt with either. The world is flat. Remember that.

Ogilvy is one of LinkedIn’s top 20 InDemand global employers. Lucky mAdBen.

Pumpkins popping out of the ground. JeanJean the PromQueen StuffingtonPost. Happy milestone to A-Man. AutumnCandy. RecipeDetours. Bon weekend. 

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10-11-12

Will it be a good date for Biden’s debate? Or does Ryan rise to Romney’s success of late? It’ll be entertaining if not game-changing. Why don’t the Dems play Romney’s dueling statements side-by-side? As Repubs did to Kerry. Mitt was for it before he was against it. Lots of things. Must be a Massachusetts trait.

Brown-Warren brawl last night at Springfield’s Symphony Hall. More substance, less ad hominems. Brown catered to local issues. Warren championed consumer causes dear to her base. ‘Hammered’ means different things to each camp.

What’ll we do after 11-6-12 if PuppMitt closes the deal? StuffingtonPosts.

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Walls Bridges

John Lennon’s fifth album. 1974. Whatever Gets You Through the Night. It’s all right. Gray autumn so far. Darker mornings. When do clocks go back?

Check out the Fall Edition of MSKCC Bridges, especially relevant in October.

Mitt the Massachusetts moderate has climbed over the right wing wall. Obama better learn to leap soon. Enthusiasm poll is the only one that will count on election day. He has to convince us why he wants to stay.

Cliché of the day. Friend jumper.

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Post Bate

Obama did appear a little annoyed to have to look at angry Ann on his 20th anniversary. But, I guess I’m the only one who thought he was calm, clear and presidential. Romney seemed mad and his math didn’t add up.

Unfortunately, most of you think Mitt took the advice I suggested via Jack Cafferty. I must have seen a different debate. Dr.Husband agrees with the punditry. Doddering Jim Lehrer was absent. Terrible.

Cabrera’s triple crown is something to celebrate.

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Prez Pre-Bate

New York Times Magazine article on “The Mitt Romney Who Might Have Been”. If Mitt the Massachusetts moderate had a backbone and didn’t chronically capitulate to the Republican right, he may be a more appealing candidate.

Frank Bruni’s column “Trembling Before Mitt”, wonders which Mitt will show up at tonight’s debate. Success in primary contests was accomplished by his opponents’ lack of gravitas. Perry, Bachmann, Cain et al.

Jack Cafferty asked what Romney needs to do to win the first debate. He read on-air what I said:

http://youtu.be/Gxf3Jh4du5M

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Worcester Cup

Yup. The first Ryder Cup matches were played in 1927 at Worcester Country Club, Massachusetts. This year, Davis Love’s team v. Jose Maria Olazabal’s equipo. At Medinah, Illinois. USA! v. Lay o Lay! U.S. v. Europe. For 3 days. Weird terms like dormie, all-square. Rounds that end too soon.

What do Michael Phelps and Justin Timberlake have to do with golf? Only get to see fourball, foursomes. Off to the West Side. Have to admit, I usually root for Europe. They seem more “teamy” than the Americans. Esprit de Corps. Cool partiers who have fun. And they don’t all have the same “wife”.

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Forty Niners

Happy Birthday, Joey3Sticks. SideTrek fave blogger. Remember that great NFL team from SanFran? Montana, Rice. Joyful notions. Pats perhaps will deliver a better present next weekend. Still in your forties, so. Enjoy. Love you, Bro.

NYTimes Opinionator column by Simon Critchley, is an in-depth study of Mormonism, dubbing the so-called cultive religion as post-Christian. It’s an elucidating read, lots of stuff few knew. Speaking of 49er’s, Mormons were instrumental in establishing California and Utah wealth during the Gold Rush.

Krystal Ball. It’s the real name of a hot cable news talk-bot. And she’s not on Fox. You’re welcome, Joe. Oh, and 49 days to the election.