iBrattleboro.com | MarkTwain© | Activity https://www.ibrattleboro.com/members/marktwain/activity/ Activity feed for MarkTwain©. Tue, 21 Apr 2026 14:54:10 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v=9.1.1 en-US 30 hourly 2 1070dc7e1bc210c7599955587ba7c751 MarkTwain© wrote a new post, No Joke https://www.ibrattleboro.com/?p=76537 Tue, 01 Apr 2025 13:44:51 +0000 April First – I had wanted to play an April F00ls’ joke and came up with the idea of a bogus announcement that an expedition to discover the East Pole is underway. But then I realized that the joke will not work b […]

]]> 1b84d12dd133b1d69a6a1d019551fc14 MarkTwain© commented on the post, The Game of Government https://www.ibrattleboro.com/opinion/op-ed/2025/03/the-game-of-government/#comment-23776 Tue, 01 Apr 2025 09:10:29 +0000 bell the cat?

]]> e2cf57b4b9e2a1457f37c5ef8a225998 MarkTwain© commented on the post, Damn Us, Janus https://www.ibrattleboro.com/culture/philosophy/2024/08/damn-us-janus/#comment-23317 Thu, 29 Aug 2024 02:34:10 +0000 Poetry masquerading as prose.

]]> 7006f09c89f59c409a946c51537b6a3a MarkTwain© commented on the post, Vote Christopher I for King https://www.ibrattleboro.com/opinion/rumors/2024/07/vote-christopher-i-for-king/#comment-23182 Wed, 03 Jul 2024 00:34:29 +0000 Biden can throw any Supreme Court justice he chooses into permanent solitary, appoint their replacements, suspend all Republicans from Congress, stay in office for as long as he likes, and choose his successor. […]

]]> 9ec1b614a69ba3691482cb80d855149c MarkTwain© commented on the post, Never Forget https://www.ibrattleboro.com/living/activism/2024/02/never-forget/#comment-22916 Mon, 05 Feb 2024 16:00:13 +0000 In suggesting engaging with our MAGA neighbors, I meant at a deeper level than arguing over misinformation and facts and trying to convince them that they are wrong. I do not suppose that every MAGA “true […]

]]> 48a5dc27dd86b436ac057b9e2e9fe790 MarkTwain© commented on the post, Never Forget https://www.ibrattleboro.com/living/activism/2024/02/never-forget/#comment-22910 Mon, 05 Feb 2024 00:18:07 +0000 “Wise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise.”

Do you have a MAGA friend, or are MAGA “true believers” not worth getting to know and understand? Do you have a MAGA relative, whom you dismiss as too […]

]]> d0a9c9e37c4c9391d7f56bb9329d8bc7 MarkTwain© commented on the post, Serious Word Play https://www.ibrattleboro.com/opinion/op-ed/2023/11/serious-word-play/#comment-22756 Fri, 03 Nov 2023 16:35:42 +0000 How about: “Embarrass.”

]]> b3eea5e20046ee8683a305f63aa7b7ba MarkTwain© commented on the post, Groundworks’ Director Josh Davis To Step Down - Leaving Strong Leadership To Carry The Transition https://www.ibrattleboro.com/news-information/town-news/2023/10/groundworks-director-josh-davis-to-step-down-leaving-strong-leadership-to-carry-the-transition/#comment-22732 Mon, 23 Oct 2023 23:52:20 +0000 What is not mentioned loudly screams.

]]> 6feda5fc1885715c51745dc96fa4d10f MarkTwain© wrote a new post, Warning - Scammers Locally Active https://www.ibrattleboro.com/?p=70568 Tue, 06 Jun 2023 16:20:14 +0000 A polite “gentleman” knocked on my door, offered to pave my driveway, explaining that the town wants everyone’s driveway to be brought up to code.

At first he sounded like he was there on official business from […]

]]> c546429a732969a354c03a4c59fd2bd1 MarkTwain© commented on the post, What's Next https://www.ibrattleboro.com/living/activism/2023/04/whats-next/#comment-22418 Sat, 29 Apr 2023 00:00:47 +0000 Annikee, did you not write: “safety is an illusion?” If safety is an illusion, why do we use seatbelts in an automobile?

Of course life is uncertain and there are no guarantees, but prudent decisions can shift […]

]]> a23e1dba80ecdc7257cff7aab730d8c4 MarkTwain© commented on the post, What's Next https://www.ibrattleboro.com/living/activism/2023/04/whats-next/#comment-22415 Fri, 28 Apr 2023 20:17:03 +0000 Self-defense is not a code word for firearms, although it can include preparation and training in the use of lethal force.

Perhaps the most important (and most overlooked) element of self-defense, is […]

]]> d20d001a3462e43db878e57187fb82b8 MarkTwain© commented on the post, What's Next https://www.ibrattleboro.com/living/activism/2023/04/whats-next/#comment-22409 Tue, 25 Apr 2023 14:49:05 +0000 At the very least, it is prudent to learn and be prepared with self-defense techniques. It is an awful feeling to be completely at the mercy of an assailant without any means of protecting yourself and your loved […]

]]> 511ac2e908340c4ffef227ac16cd415d MarkTwain© commented on the post, Tragedy and Opportunity https://www.ibrattleboro.com/living/activism/2023/04/tragedy-and-opportunity/#comment-22389 Sat, 15 Apr 2023 22:16:09 +0000 “. . . and about which we still do not have answers.”

]]> a07dee89c816953022852fd01f6a63c1 MarkTwain© commented on the post, Tragedy and Opportunity https://www.ibrattleboro.com/living/activism/2023/04/tragedy-and-opportunity/#comment-22388 Sat, 15 Apr 2023 22:15:00 +0000 Sadly, Richard Davis’ commentary is a rather generic political explication, which mostly leaves out specifics about the horrific events, which occurred here, and about we still do not answers.

]]> b41ffe6bf6c63c0f05b3b23fc18a99c0 MarkTwain© wrote a new post, Conservatives are Happy about Trump Indictment https://www.ibrattleboro.com/?p=70005 Mon, 03 Apr 2023 13:13:33 +0000 At last New York is cracking down on crime!

]]> feb62ab74ec0017b75c7b15f824a2f65 MarkTwain© wrote a new post, April First Announcement https://www.ibrattleboro.com/?p=69993 Sat, 01 Apr 2023 05:07:59 +0000 Vermont Public’s President and CEO Scott Finn has announced that the station’s name has been shortened from “Vermont Public” to “Vermont.”  
“This is the logical continuation of our modernization efforts,” expl […]

]]> ff7e775519661b74be76aca49d97363b MarkTwain© wrote a new post, Ship Lost for Over 100 Years, Has Been Found! https://www.ibrattleboro.com/?p=69904 Wed, 22 Mar 2023 16:07:22 +0000 As glaciers melt, Sir Ernest Shackleton’s ship, The Endurance, stranded in the Antarctic since 1914 has at last emerged from the ice.

]]> 9f8c18fc7756e496b1a265fc97efd7d1 MarkTwain© commented on the post, “Rhymes with Orange” Cartoonist Hilary Price Speaks at Landmark College, March 14 https://www.ibrattleboro.com/culture/creative/2023/03/rhymes-with-orange-cartoonist-hilary-price-speaks-at-landmark-college-march-14/#comment-22316 Sat, 04 Mar 2023 22:28:45 +0000 What can a person do who has great cartoon ideas, but is not capable of drawing them? (For example, a couple of dogs, and one says to the other: “Come on, Butch. Humans don’t have feeling like us. You’re anthropomorphizing!”

]]> 9888d10808f9e593a5dc41bfab19121c MarkTwain© commented on the post, RAD Just Cause To Create Permanent Homeless Under-class https://www.ibrattleboro.com/opinion/op-ed/2023/03/rad-just-cause-to-create-permanent-homeless-under-class/#comment-22311 Wed, 01 Mar 2023 23:18:52 +0000 When using an acronym, it is best to spell out at once what it stands for.

]]> e068a9a4817d30a22545e882923dbb27 MarkTwain© wrote a new post, Not Recommended https://www.ibrattleboro.com/?p=69657 Tue, 28 Feb 2023 14:43:06 +0000 “Dilbert Creator Dropped From Several Publications After Comments | Morning Spice Ep. #5”
Video below.

]]> f477694394dc7d938467281df75131e7 MarkTwain© commented on the post, Turkey Day https://www.ibrattleboro.com/culture/creative/2022/11/turkey-day/#comment-22130 Sun, 04 Dec 2022 17:46:02 +0000 MarkTwain© is a nom de plume. In choosing this pen name, I was unaware that, coincidentally, there was already an author who has published under a similar name. My initial reaction was anger that my work has […]

]]> c32bcb4ffa3eed160450e9da6be6a94a MarkTwain© wrote a new post, Turkey Day https://www.ibrattleboro.com/?p=68852 Wed, 23 Nov 2022 14:35:32 +0000 Turkey Day

by MarkTwain©
Harry had flown all the way from New England to visit his son, Larry, and Larry’s girlfriend, Charity. Today, Harry left his walker in the narrow hotel  room, barely wide enough to get […]

]]> 8bef34fe952a1577c61afbbe21361ef3 MarkTwain© commented on the post, What Are We Seeing? https://www.ibrattleboro.com/culture/creative/2022/11/what-are-we-seeing/#comment-22093 Thu, 10 Nov 2022 21:52:50 +0000 The photo shows the shadow of a tree, which in a photo taken earlier looked, not like a shadow, but like the actual tree. The photo I posted to ibrattleboro, shows the shadow on the left, and the actual tree on […]

]]> b57f84af18d173dffee35aa1c032af5f MarkTwain© commented on the post, What Are We Seeing? https://www.ibrattleboro.com/culture/creative/2022/11/what-are-we-seeing/#comment-22091 Thu, 10 Nov 2022 12:15:43 +0000 Can’t the photo be larger so as to show better?

]]> 5ac8c6cb86910cda4868cef320afb43a MarkTwain© wrote a new post, What Are We Seeing? https://www.ibrattleboro.com/?p=68753 Wed, 09 Nov 2022 20:53:41 +0000 Concept by DFK-B

Photo by SK-B

Submitted by MarkTwain©

]]> 96ef3a20bdf9e3eb522815874f4f4818 MarkTwain© wrote a new post, Send Brenda to the Governor's Mansion https://www.ibrattleboro.com/?p=68731 Tue, 08 Nov 2022 14:10:12 +0000 So she won’t have to sleep in the street.

]]> b4f56858ea186665bda33450fe18927b MarkTwain© wrote a new post, My Friend Made Up This Joke https://www.ibrattleboro.com/?p=67720 Thu, 07 Jul 2022 12:30:20 +0000 Q. Why did the Neanderthals go extinct?

A. They could’t afford Paleo food.

]]> 45d05050d74f169d5e256007a2032418 MarkTwain© commented on the post, Vermont Public What? https://www.ibrattleboro.com/culture/media/2022/06/vermont-public-what/#comment-21820 Tue, 05 Jul 2022 15:35:38 +0000 I guess American Public Media should change its name to, “American Public.”

]]> 8ae4cd4a0ccdba5f4c29665ed58b6be6 MarkTwain© commented on the post, Vermont Public What? https://www.ibrattleboro.com/culture/media/2022/06/vermont-public-what/#comment-21812 Wed, 29 Jun 2022 20:44:11 +0000 Is the word, “Public” in “Vermont Public,” a noun; or is it an adjective?

]]> e0cbdc587cbaae415d13dc7cdb0f9962 MarkTwain© commented on the post, Brattleboro Winter Parking Ban Begins November 15, 2021 https://www.ibrattleboro.com/news-information/town-news/2021/11/brattleboro-winter-parking-ban-begins-november-15-2021/#comment-21241 Fri, 12 Nov 2021 16:24:42 +0000 I wonder if the Town intends to NOT ENFORCE the ban until there is an actual snowstorm?

Of course Grotke’s solution would better protect people who park on the street, because even if the town intends […]

]]> ae5658fa38766425eb50b940bed1e9ab MarkTwain© wrote a new post, Information? https://www.ibrattleboro.com/?p=64670 Fri, 01 Oct 2021 18:47:14 +0000 Information is never lost, not even in a black hole (as per Hawking) seems to be the consensus among all or nearly all astro-physicists.

Can someone knowledgeable please explain what they mean by […]

]]> d319d254f0ba86f7a3ff113529d35848 MarkTwain© wrote a new post, News From a Simpler Time https://www.ibrattleboro.com/?p=64184 Sun, 22 Aug 2021 14:41:00 +0000 August 22, 1873

“The night blooming cerus belonging to Mrs. Hines, on Green street, bore five blossoms on Wednesday night of last week.”

]]> f1effb4e2198f528c8436fad0a3e032e MarkTwain© commented on the post, Futility: The Story of a Moth https://www.ibrattleboro.com/culture/education/2021/07/futility-the-story-of-a-moth/#comment-21029 Sat, 07 Aug 2021 23:02:50 +0000 When she saw the light, she began to head for it. Then she remembered what had happened to George. A tear came to her eye: She would never see him again. One mistake and he was dead.

She knew it was no use […]

]]> e7d4d535246d0d3254cb97121d6521a4 MarkTwain© wrote a new post, Vermont Barn Restoration Grants https://www.ibrattleboro.com/?p=62490 Sun, 02 May 2021 16:39:26 +0000 Vermont grants for barn stabilization and restoration.  Be sure to see the manual before starting your project, because to be eligible the project may not have been started before the application was […]

]]> 9c4341453959f17ae8c8bbfa28e39117 MarkTwain© wrote a new post, An Extraordinary Interview With Daniel Immerwahr https://www.ibrattleboro.com/?p=62051 Sun, 04 Apr 2021 14:30:00 +0000 “How to Hide an Empire”: Daniel Immerwahr on the History of the Greater United States

]]> b56b30616c43b2cd895b024e527a9109 MarkTwain© wrote a new post, "Town... Voted to get Mr. Reeve's fire wood by rate." https://www.ibrattleboro.com/?p=62048 Sat, 03 Apr 2021 15:28:12 +0000 Today In History is on of the most interesting  ibrattleboro feature, even though it is almost never mentioned in stories or comments.

The April 3, 1775 news report fascinates me, even though I only have a h […]

]]> 070effb35931ecf6fef2b89ff87e57d7 MarkTwain© wrote a new post, Let's Talk About a Forecast for the GOP.... https://www.ibrattleboro.com/?p=61322 Sun, 21 Feb 2021 22:40:15 +0000 Let’s talk about a forecast for the GOP….

]]> ff3c51824f082589c49d3dd5c39e5a62 MarkTwain© wrote a new post, Last Night https://www.ibrattleboro.com/?p=60526 Tue, 19 Jan 2021 14:13:25 +0000 Did you every awaken from a dream, which inspires a poem?

For more, please hit the “Full Story” button.

….

Last Night
MarkTwain©

Last night, dear
      I saw you in my dream

You needed help […]

]]> 67760394880065972d728fd201830b65 MarkTwain© wrote a new post, Let Trump Be Trump https://www.ibrattleboro.com/?p=58177 Fri, 09 Oct 2020 19:57:42 +0000 Karma?

]]> dc5f6f9e08f9e8b8db038d386f9bfe76 MarkTwain© commented on the post, Selectboard Meeting Notes - Brattleboro Renters Request Landlord Limits https://www.ibrattleboro.com/news-information/town-news/2020/09/selectboard-meeting-notes-september-1-2020/#comment-20140 Wed, 02 Sep 2020 22:16:00 +0000 Why is it impossible for everyone here discussing housing rentals not to use Feudal concepts, like, “Landlord/serf… um, er, ‘tenant?'”

]]> 39f3e6e6e1de12785b63afb56fd4747d MarkTwain© commented on the post, Referendum Petition for Annual Municipal Ballots Alternative to the Brattleboro Common Sense Version https://www.ibrattleboro.com/living/activism/2020/06/referendum-petition-for-annual-municipal-ballots-alternative-to-the-brattleboro-common-sense-version/#comment-19962 Thu, 02 Jul 2020 05:01:20 +0000 Fascism (/ˈfæʃɪzəm/) is a form of far-right, authoritarian ultranationalism[1][2] characterized by dictatorial power, forcible suppression of opposition, as well as strong regimentation of society and of the econ […]

]]> 017c242e59e782db6a8c73d5649e8257 MarkTwain© wrote a new post, Primal Wounds https://www.ibrattleboro.com/?p=55672 Mon, 25 May 2020 13:59:05 +0000 Someday, all will be forgiven. We will be dead then.
Changed, Transformed, In Heaven. 

We won’t have to social distance any more. How many lovers who just want to hug each other have become stuck… one in Spai […]

]]> 1507ab781950583bf2b6bdc4bccfbd56 MarkTwain© wrote a new post, The Teenager Who Saved A Man With An SS Tattoo https://www.ibrattleboro.com/?p=55261 Sat, 02 May 2020 13:13:51 +0000 An amazing story:

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]]> 5a53fa3ab25d6f1c8aeb170c746d8b60 MarkTwain© wrote a new post, “The people in Building 27 are scared!” https://www.ibrattleboro.com/?p=55128 Thu, 23 Apr 2020 19:21:25 +0000 CHAPTER 17
“The people in Building 27 are scared!”
OK, let’s calm down, let’s relax. Let us put aside fear, as we have nothing to fear, anyway. 
For here is a story from grandpa’s owns memories: […]

]]> 4854954616f1eb38bbfcc5f354296921 MarkTwain© wrote a new post, Pandemic Quarrel https://www.ibrattleboro.com/?p=55040 Sun, 19 Apr 2020 14:52:44 +0000 Pandemic Quarrel
      by MarkTwain©
True Bipartisan

For the good of all…
We ride together

But first, we must agree on the vehicle.

And then…

our destination!

and there’s the rub…
h […]

]]> 1aa750ef6633979f3a37569d91a70fcd MarkTwain© wrote a new post, COVID Thoughts https://www.ibrattleboro.com/?p=54988 Thu, 16 Apr 2020 22:07:09 +0000 Atwood meets Sean
by MarkTwain©

We are in a dystopia novel

Inside a black hole

And there,

we find doors to multiverses

“Alice! Can you hear me?”

“Bob” Where are you?

]]> a1cf9c3f54918c6295270adf54923713 MarkTwain© commented on the post, Online Fruit Tree & Perennial Sale at Scott Farm Orchard https://www.ibrattleboro.com/living/home-garden/2020/04/online-fruit-tree-perennial-sale-at-scott-farm-orchard/#comment-19695 Wed, 15 Apr 2020 22:36:28 +0000 I do not see anything on the site offering dwarf trees, which I think are great because the fruit is more easily accessible. Also there is almost nothing on the site, not even a link to a video, about taking care […]

]]> e03e93e2c5df544d5ed8bdcc7a770a0d MarkTwain© wrote a new post, The Moth’s Story https://www.ibrattleboro.com/?p=54930 Tue, 14 Apr 2020 13:11:24 +0000 The moth’s story
The humans are talking, I understand every word. The cat eyes me like missile-guiding radar, interested but too far to pounce.
I know these humans — dumb that they are — cannot hear me, but I […]

]]> 0a0d84cc2444a69335cd7cecb45b6db1 MarkTwain© wrote a new post, What Is Your Most Interesting Encounter with the Police? https://www.ibrattleboro.com/?p=54863 Fri, 10 Apr 2020 13:37:01 +0000 What is your most interesting encounter with the police?

We had just finished up at a booksale… my wife is a bookie, um, I mean an online book-dealer. If we hurried, we might get to our favorite restaurant 30 m […]

]]> 26132e8251afa3c24058706f5d98b507 MarkTwain© wrote a new post, Jubilee Year! https://www.ibrattleboro.com/?p=54776 Mon, 06 Apr 2020 16:30:44 +0000 Covid-19 and Debt  By Mark Twain©

In an April 5 comment on a recent article, under the subject line: And people still need to move…., cgrotke wrote the following:

“It would be a shame if, at the end of thi […]

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