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By DAN MACKIE

Is the Upper Valley making too much of Jersey Mike’s? I don’t think so — could we make too much of the Statue of Liberty, the Grand Canyon or the spectacular moonwalk, first by astronauts, and later by Michael Jackson? Jersey Mike’s is a sub shop, and...

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I’m a sap for nostalgia, so the feelings started flowing recently when I happened upon an online discussion about Upper Valley businesses we miss. I’m not sure why memory attaches to certain stores, but it does, like a sticky spill on aisle 2.I’m not...

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Life is pretty much a day-to-day proposition, and sometimes it’s hard to distinguish one from another. So along comes a mysterious process in which a particular 24 hours are declared the likable National Strawberry Shortcake Day or the underrated...

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Have you thought about ancient Rome today? That is an odd question, related to one of the oddest trend stories I’ve encountered on the internet.An online social influencer recently urged followers to ask the men in their life how often they think...

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Presidential primary season is upon us, as it is every four years. Little deal New Hampshire gets to feel like a big deal and local pols hope to catch a rising star and win a key post in the next administration.As a longtime New Hampshire voter, I...

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I couldn’t come up with anything to write about today, so I decided to write about everything. Bear with me, dear readers, I had open heart surgery in late July and principally have been walking and napping since then.If there is a walking/napping...

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A funny thing happened on the way to a DHMC operating room. On the morning of July 26, as I pondered my fate on a hospital gurney, a medical professional asked me if I knew “exactly” why I was there that day.I chuckled. “If I wasn't here,” I said, “my...

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I have never had much interest in gambling, other than in matters like eating dicey leftovers from the fridge. “I have an iron stomach,” I tell my wife and chief risk assessment officer, Dede, who does not always approve.As for sports gambling, which...

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I think I know how to save America: Bring back the station wagon.That’s a bold statement, but stick with me. When America ruled the world, station wagons ruled the road. Roof racks were common and could hold half the nation’s GDP, hopefully strapped...

It feels like I have been writing about age a lot lately. It may be topical, or perhaps I have reached the age when I can’t help repeating myself.Either way, we saw “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” in Hanover last weekend and I popped online...

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Maybe you have reached the age where the massive array of candles on your birthday cake could heat a small apartment or, even worse, contribute to global warming. The cake-top inferno signals that age is not just a number. It is THE NUMBER. There is...

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I have read quite a few self-improvement books in my life but when I finish them I seem to be much the same person I was on page one. “Awaken the Giant Within!” “Be Rich Now!” “Be So Full of Yourself That You and Everyone Else Will Hardly Be Able to...

By DAN MACKIE

This column was written by a human. It may be among my last, because sources close to the Valley News have told me that the newspaper is developing artificial intelligence to replace some of the writers who currently inform, amuse and/or irritate...

By DAN MACKIE

I am more of a wise guy than a wise man, but I have picked up a little wisdom along the way. The great thinkers drink deep; I took in the learnings of the ancients with a sippy cup.Too little time was spent on the meaning of life. Too much on “how...

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Shockingly — SHOCKINGLY — I haven’t heard back from Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas about my offer to put him up for a week or two for an Upper Valley vacation with certain, albeit limited, luxury elements.He has been kicking back with...

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Dear Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas:You’ve been in the news lately for taking swanky vacations provided by a billionaire Republican. The secret getaways on superyachts and private jets admittedly make me a little jealous.I’d have to win on...

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On a recent night as we watched the NCAA basketball tournament, I blurted out to myself and the universe, “Now why didn’t I play college ball?”It was an ironic lament, about the road not taken, the ball not dribbled.My wife, Dede, lowered her knitting...

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The canary in the coal mine was an egg in the supermarket.   One night, not very long ago, I was picking up a couple of groceries. I grabbed some milk and bread, and perhaps something sweet, or maybe for once I was being good.I made the turn to the...

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I’m starting to think that this digital life is going to be the end of us. It’s only a matter of time until ChatGPT, the artificial intelligence thingamabob that all the cool columnists are writing about, will be bossing us around, making us run its...

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Last Saturday we had the most senior moment ever in White River Junction.No, not the senior moment where you can’t remember the name of an old star like Jackie Gleason or his sidekick (it will come back to you in a minute or two or a day or two.) Or,...