Feb 25, 2015 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener Don’t blame me for this column. Author, speaker, teacher Richard Lederer is known for his word play and he gets the credit. There are some old expressions that have become obsolete because of the inexorable march of technology. Anyone born after the...
Feb 18, 2015 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener The next time the conversation lulls around your dinner table, try to stimulate it with one or two of these little known tidbits. Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning. Alfred Hitchcock didn’t have a belly...
Feb 11, 2015 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener Back in the 1960’s, pop-rock singer Melanie charted a Top 10 song “I’ve Got A Brand New Pair Of Roller Skates (You’ve Got A Brand New Key)”. For you youthful millennials, way back when, roller skates clamped to your...
Feb 4, 2015 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener A few weekend’s back we got a dusting of snow, later New York got a scare and New England got walloped with the white stuff. Following a snow I always admire how fresh the wilderness retreat looks with a cleansing white covering of snow. Blazing a...
Jan 28, 2015 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener I lost a columnist at the newspaper shortly after the first of the year. Many readers of this column will remember there were times that Charley, my yellow Labrador Retriever “took over” penning a few columns. And he was the subject of more than a few...
Jan 21, 2015 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener (This collection is from the Curt Comment Archives, but with the number of new readers we now enjoy, it bears repeating). •Your fences need to be horse-high, pig-tight and bull-strong. •Keep skunks and bankers at a distance. •Life is simpler when you...
