If you are a kid or have any kids, you might already be familiar with New Hampshire?s very own singer-songwriter, Steve Blunt, whose debut CD, Hang on Henry, came out in 2003. He?s just released his second album, Outta School, recorded at Rocking Horse Studio in Pittsfield. The former middle school English teacher with an M.A. from Columbia University now teaches music in Nashua..

Robert Lawson said there?s a Hans Christian Anderson quote that goes something like, ?I tell stories to children while ultimately remembering that mother and father are in the room, and must have something for them as well.? To Lawson, this explains what Andy?s Summer Playhouse in Wilton does.

Sometimes you eat something somewhere and it is so perfect, it ruins you for any other attempt.

This happened to me with cold sesame noodles. Often called summer noodles, they are front and center now that the weather has turned warm.

I?ve had a lot of thoughts building up since the last time I did this, so here?s the latest edition of facts and thoughts that are nice to know but you don?t need to know.

Anyone who?s ever owned a laptop for more than a few months knows that batteries don?t last forever.

Oh, sure, modern batteries have ?no memory effect? like in the bad old days, when your computer would figure the battery was completely charged whenever you unplugged it and never charge it past that point again. And with components engineered to draw less power, batteries do last longer than ever.

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