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Bob Deakin
Nov 83 min read
Why Buy a Gas Dryer When I Can Blow Up My House For Free?
An electric dryer is scary enough with its heating element, moving parts, and sketchy ventilation.
Bob Deakin
Oct 118 min read
Bloody Memories of Friday the 13th Part 2 in Kent, New Preston, and Warren
It was time to film Friday the 13th Part 2 in Kent, New Preston, and Warren, Connecticut, featuring Jason, the horrid goon
Bob Deakin
Aug 292 min read
Pickleball Is the New Racquetball
Pickleball is the new racquetball, and it’s easier to spell.
Bob Deakin
Aug 235 min read
Remembering Mike Spooner: The Californian from Massachusetts
By Bob Deakin There was only one Mike Spooner: The Californian from Massachusetts. If you met Mike, you would think he just hopped off a...
Bob Deakin
Aug 1512 min read
John and Jane Greene Created a Legacy With the Kent GTD
Such was the credo of the Good Times Dispatch throughout the 30-year reign of John and Jane Greene.
Bob Deakin
Jun 273 min read
Former U.S. President and Grandson Separated Only By Years
By Bob Deakin Harrison Ruffin Tyler  has lived a long and prosperous life. A chemical engineer and preservationist, he co-founded...
Bob Deakin
May 95 min read
Soda Jerk Wanted
I can’t believe my eyes. It’s the ad for the job I’ve been waiting a lifetime for: SODA JERK WANTED.
Bob Deakin
Mar 223 min read
Would You Paddle Board from The Bahamas to Florida?
Trisha Mitchell of Orlando will paddle board from the Bahamas to Florida to support cystic fibrosis.
Bob Deakin
Jan 263 min read
Where Did I Put the Xanthan Gum?
Where Did I Put the Xanthan Gum? Molasses? They still make that stuff? I thought that went out with The Beatles.
Bob Deakin
Jan 194 min read
A Temporary Assistant Breathes New Life Into The Writing Routine
Anyone who knows me knows I’m not a dog person. As a kid, I had problems with unleashed dogs, but you didn't tell anyone.
Bob Deakin
Dec 22, 20233 min read
Growing Up On Christmas Eve
By Bob Deakin Photographs by Joe Dolen Christmas Eve is the time to see your people. The little things don’t matter on this day, the...
Bob Deakin
Nov 24, 20232 min read
I Don’t Want To Be a "Blogger"
By Bob Deakin Is there a more ungraceful word than blog? I write two or more of them each week and I’ve never liked the term. However,...
Bob Deakin
May 13, 20233 min read
Happy Mother's Day… I Guess
This one’s different. There hasn’t been a Happy Father's Day in Connecticut in a few years, but now Mother’s Day rings off-key. My mother...
Bob Deakin
May 5, 20232 min read
May the Hands-Clasped Walk Be With You
The power of the hands-clasped walk cannot be underestimated. After thousands of years of humans using a hands-clasped walk to sort out...
Bob Deakin
Feb 24, 20232 min read
Reserved Parking: Suspicious People Only
What are they doing in there? We’re all used to seeing parked cars everywhere, but remember when they used to be unoccupied? I’m starting...
Bob Deakin
Feb 3, 20233 min read
How To Be Less of a Jerk with John Coutinho
Leave it to John Coutinho. To remind you, John (JC) illustrated my book, Unruly Mix: Tales of Music, Artists, Misfits, Posers, last year....
Bob Deakin
Nov 11, 20222 min read
All Gas Stations Suck
All gas stations suck. Is it written into the business plan of every one of them that you neglect your business and make it look like...
Bob Deakin
Nov 3, 20223 min read
I Lost My Tranny in the Blue Ridge Mountains Part II
My Virginia experience has been good so far, other than the blown transmission and end of the life of my car 750 miles from home. I find...
Bob Deakin
Oct 28, 20223 min read
I Lost My Tranny in the Blue Ridge Mountains Part I
I lost my car in the Blue Ridge Mountains this week. It wasn’t my idea, quite the contrary. My transmission decided to off itself...
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