Worried that Homer had settled into a nice, calm stable weather pattern? Did you fear that our reputation as the…
Over the past few weeks, Facebook has been mixing up its status questions. One week it was “How are you…
You know how in the police blotter sometimes cops pull over motorists because they crossed the center line? Or, sometimes…
Yours truly does not like to be the town scold, always grumping about something that really doesn’t matter. After last…
Starting at midnight today, there are 521,280 minutes left in the year. You already blew the first 1,440 minutes on…
Oops. Santa Claus seems to have messed up the Betster’s Christmas wish list. “A new snow shovel,” the Betster asked…
How can you find joy in a season when in a small New England town 26 families bury their loved…
If you’re reading this on Thursday morning or anytime after Dec. 13, well, whew, the world didn’t end. Or maybe…
With only 19 shopping days left until Christmas, now is when seasoned shoppers get frantic. We Alaskans know you can’t…
Recently an alert citizen called the paper saying a friend overheard some government types at a café talking about a…
Slouching into middle age, the Betster has been facing the bitter reality of a youth-deficient body. Things just break down…
Slip sliding down West Hill Road the other day in a thermally confused snowstorm, the Betster realized that some drivers…
Did this year’s election drive you nuts? For future reference, the Betster has discovered a sure-fire way to avoid the…
