J.P. Devine
J.P. Devine: They got done
Checking in on some friends and local businesses, J.P. Devine ponders that Maine code phrase signifying the many ways in which someone is no longer around.
‘The 12th Man’ will keep your attention then haunt your dreams, forever
You think you’ve had it rough? You’ve got 16 masks, suffered a headache and soreness from your shots? You’re a sissy. You’re about to view a story about a real hero. His name was Jan Sigurd Baalsrud, a bookish man, a map maker and adventurer, who traveled throughout the world in the 1930’s. Jan was […]
J.P. Devine: The broom room
Once a shadowy crime scene with the odor of a morgue and dust balls in the corners, the broom room has been transformed into an enhanced space that J.P. Devine is proud to call his own handiwork.
‘Seinfeld’ jokes hold up today as if written yesterday
In 1989, this foursome came along and brought a whole new book of street idioms with them.
J.P. Devine: Oh, yeah, him
Separating the stereotypes from the serious this Father’s Day, J.P. Devine wonders what to make of the celebration.
J.P. Devine: Bite of the browntail
Humor, and horror, await those this summer who pass by the Rugosa rose bush, J.P. Devine writes.