I get this question all the time.  Don't these "hackers" have anything better to do than to create viruses?  The answer here is pretty simple; they really don't.  The world revolves around money it seems.  These creators of computer viruses are doing just that; making money.  I have had people think that it's a conspiracy propagated by the anti-virus companies to help boost sales.  This in my opinion, is just absurd.

If you haven’t yet visited the historic Strawbery Banke living museum in Portsmouth, then today, July 10, is the day to go. New Hampshire Freemasons are hosting one big party there and everyone is invited.

If you haven’t yet visited the historic Strawbery Banke living museum in Portsmouth, tomorrow, July 10, is the day to go. New Hampshire Freemasons are hosting one big party there and everyone is invited.

When I lived in New York City in the 1970's, I rooted for the New York Yankees.  (Go ahead and hate me if you want.)  My favorite Yankee by far was catcher Thurman Munson.  These were the Yankee teams that came to be known as "The Bronx Zoo."  Owner George Steinbrenner hired, fired, and rehired manager Billy Martin five times.  Martin got into a fistfight with Reggie Jackson in the dugout on national TV.  And Munson and Jackson had a famous rivalry.  All the friction played out in the media, who did not need to exaggerate anything for once

When Americans woke up to the news of a burgeoning crisis in the Gulf of Mexico, they had every right to believe that regardless of their political affiliation the president would handle this matter in a swift and professional manner. The man who made his political name, for his supposed coolness under fire would undoubtedly, successfully, resolve this problem. After the tragedy of Katrina, this president knows how to get things done and would not let the bureaucracy or politics get in the way of solving the problem....

     There is an sense of nakedness when the dogs are not with me.  My thoughts drift to my car, parked in the shade,  I wonder if they are comfortable, is the heat too much, or perhaps chilled.  I check.  The car, their kennel on wheels,  still in shade and the dogs sleeping comfortably. Nash raises his head, he is curled on the driver side floor.  A big dog in such a small space.  He performs the canine version of the limbo to wiggle under the steering wheel and churns his 80 pound body into a ball on the floor.  Once in place his legs stretch to extend under the seat.

There’s every kind of people in New York, and they all get into my cab.  I drove from 4 p.m. to 4 or 6 a.m. in New York City from 1975 to 1977.  Mostly, I starved and suffered, but I had lots of good times as well.  I was too stupid to realize how dangerous it was.  The cabbies always said, “You get robbed in New York, and killed in Philadelphia.” 

The term "deserving poor" goes all the way back to the 1500's, to the "poor laws" of Queen Elizabeth I.  Those laws prescribed different treatment for people who could not help being poor (widows, orphans, people with disabilities), and. the "undeserving poor":  drunkards, debtors, and other people whose bad choices made them poor.   

Jack Foote casts his line while fishing in Alton Bay during the first day of open-water fishing season on landlocked salmon/lake trout-managed lakes Thursday, April 1, 2010. (Max Bittle/Concord Monitor)

Old license plates at the dock at Downing's Landing in Alton Bay during the first day of open-water fishing season on landlocked salmon/lake trout-managed lakes Thursday, April 1, 2010. (Max Bittle/Concord Monitor)