Summers over – that sucks. To add insult to injury, everyone is back to work, and many of our trains are overcrowded. Nowhere is this more brutally felt than on the New Haven Line, whose ancient cars are always going into the shop for repairs. Indeed, my wife hit this head-on this morning, in a [...]

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Note to all Scots: In the most extreme case, the sideburn ends at the JAWLINE. They do not resurrect themselves at THE ADAM’S APPLE.

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Tacos Guadalajara 217 Atlantic St. Stamford, CT, 06901 203-324-2204 Website/Menu As some readers may know I am from California and have been on a fairly fruitless quest to find a decent Carnitas burritto around Stamford. Today I had to go to see the eye doctor on Bank St, cause I was getting a little fuzzy, [...]

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Last night, my wife asked: “How did Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae get their names?” My wife, god bless her, thinks I am a repository for all things trivia – and I like to indulge this fantasy of hers, but to tell the truth, I had no idea and had always wondered. I told her [...]

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