Mark LaFlamme is a Sun Journal news reporter and columnist and the author of several works of fiction. He sleeps until noon each day and regrets nothing. Mark has several exciting hobbies, all of which are none of your business. Seriously, you don’t want to know. This page is a collection of his Street Talk and Talk of the Town columns.
Street Talk
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December 21, 2023Street Talk: There are times when I can convince myself, if only for fleeting seconds, that the grim affair was nothing more than a horrid nightmare; something merely imagined in a half-waking fever dream.
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December 15, 2023Street Talk: Punk lived a lifestyle that would seem almost Sisyphean to the rest of us: walk the streets from dawn until dusk, find enough empty bottles and cans to get by another day, and then when that day is done, get up and do it all over again.
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December 6, 2023Street Talk: The man in question is doing math in his head. He's calculating the pros and cons of giving out his real age and trying to deduce how this might trip him up down the road.
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November 28, 2023Street Talk: My inability to sell should have been obvious by the time I was 10 years old, when I was convinced I could become the richest kid on the block by selling the weekly newspaper known as Grit. Spoiler: I never became the richest kid on the block.
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November 22, 2023Street Talk: They manage to take complete control of an animal while also maintaining compassion for both pet and white-faced, swooning pet owner.
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Street Talk: On Sundays back in olden times, LaVerdiere's Super Drug Store was the only game in town.
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October 18, 2023Street Talk: Close your eyes and picture them, this massive horde of outraged Lewistonians and Auburnites, marching across the Longley Bridge in immense numbers, every single soul in perfect agreement about exactly what needs to be done.
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October 10, 2023Street talk: The suggestion is to maintain situational awareness in ALL circumstances and never assume the good intentions of a stranger.
Talk of the Town
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Talk of the town: Let me get this straight: Every time a bell rings an angel gets his flaming rum punch?
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Talk of the Town: Winter — it gets you one way or another.
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Talk of the Town: It's not the holidays without nog, chips, rum balls, corn and fruitcake. Especially the fruitcake.
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Talk of the town: I'm dreaming of a Fort Lauderdale Christmas, just like the ones I used to ... ah fuhgeddaboudit.
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Talk of the town: Aw, come on. Can we hear 'Dominick the Donkey' just one more time?
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Talk of the Town: It's a magical time of year where on any given street, you might find a rich blend of three different holidays.
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Talk of the Town: Who says I don't turn up the heat when she's not home?
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Talk of the town: They extended the political season to hold a runoff AND it snowed last week. Anyone have a spare cave I can borrow?