Monthly Archives: December 2011

I (Still) Love Atomic TV

As Scott “Unpainted” Huffines and I prepare to reopen the long sealed Atomic TV vaults for an upcoming monthly screening series at the Golden West Cafe in Hampden that starts this December 30, 2011 (see “Atomic TV’s Holiday Fixins” for … Continue reading

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Elkton, Marry-land

By Marshall S. Berdan (The Washington Post, 2/13/2002) Like most first-time brides-to-be, Roberta Ford is optimistic, nervously optimistic. A diminutive 45-year-old schoolteacher who became engaged on Christmas Eve, she wants “a proper wedding, but not a big one.” She’s in … Continue reading

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America’s Strangest People: Baltimore #17

(Travel + Leisure, 12/2011) Voters were a little put off by these Marylandians, who came in next-to-last place for looks and last place for making one feel safe. To explore the city’s goofier side, come to the Hampden area in … Continue reading

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Md. Man Saw ‘The Light’ After Crab Cake Causes Near Death Experience

(CBS Baltimore, 11/22/2011) TIMONIUM, Md. (WJZ)—Is there life after death? That question has consumed mankind for centuries. Adam May talks to a Maryland man who claims he saw the afterlife, and it all started with a crab cake. Ancient Greeks … Continue reading

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