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Mike Cutillo McutilloFinger Lakes Times |
I have written previous “Pub Chats” about coincidental or serendipitous moments and events that have made me go “Huh?” They happen to me...
In the daily pages of the Finger Lakes Times, we are pleased to publish stories about people going above and beyond and doing exceptional things for...
Don’t you love it when the calendar finally flips to catch up with real life? By that I mean now that we have zoomed past Thanksgiving in all its...
Here I am, Pete. I have a buddy in Lyons, Pete Kitchen, who loves to chide me when I don’t have a “Pub Chat” in the paper for a week or two....
The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page. ― St. Augustine Saint Augustine was born in 354 in the Roman province of...
If you know AJ Fratto, you know it doesn’t take much to get him wound up. The current commander of Geneva’s American Legion Winnek Post 396 is a...
I love baseball and, by extension, baseball movies. And, don’t worry. If you’re not a sports fan, this “Pub Chat” is not really about sports,...
I lost a hundred pounds. It began on a commercial airplane about two years ago. I couldn’t get the seat belt to reach all the way around my lap....
(Publisher’s note: Is it officially stealing if you steal from yourself, or copyright infringement when you infringe upon yourself? I’m not quite...
My prediction is this will be one of the lesser-read “Pub Chats” I’ve produced in a while, but I want to touch on a couple of developments that...
I don’t know about you, but for me, nothing is as inspirational as the Olympic Games, especially the summer version. There’s just something about...
I have always been a fan of the Olympics — especially the Summer Games. The allure for me is a combination of the pageantry of the Opening and...
The Finger Lakes Times is looking for a new home. Since 1953, the Times has been housed at 218 Genesee St. in downtown Geneva, the 71-year run being...
Mystery solved. Thanks to some sharp Finger Lakes Times readers. “Rabbit Redux” was a famous 1971 novel by the late John Updike, a Pulitzer...
Father knows best, right? Or at least so the saying goes. Even if it’s a twist on that saying, like the headline over Gary Xavier’s “Life...
Something occurred on Saturday that was, to some, “monumental” or “monstrous.” To others, it was “historic.” To many, it was all three....
I received a disturbing mailing the other day — and no, it wasn’t from the City of Geneva about my reassessment (although that was delivered a few...
Here’s a question for you: What do Joey Votto, Tom Izzo, and Pope Pius XII have in common? You may or may not recognize the first two as sports...
Easter was always the most joyous holiday in our house while I was growing up. I’ve always said that was because of my mother, who not only was very...
It seems like we have been using up an awful lot of ink lately to publish stories about books. Dan Hennessy’s last three “Timely Matters”...
I was going to “chat” this weekend about the recent unveiling of our new Monday-digital business model and all the interesting interactions I’ve...
It’s amazing the twists and turns that life takes, the roads down which we travel — or don’t travel — that often don’t come into crystal...
If there’s one thing I’ve learned in all my years in this business — and if you read last week’s “Pub Chat,” you know those years have...
(Ed. note: This is a rerun of a column written 10 years ago, updated a bit for reasons that will become apparent). Statistics, I was told. Norm...
In the rich, 64-year history of the National Football League’s Buffalo Bills, it is probably safe to say — in fact, “likely” may be a better...
I hope everyone had a healthy and happy holiday season, visiting with loved ones, maybe shoving thoughts of national and international problems out of...
As we all frantically scramble to get ready for what crooner Andy Williams told us is the “hap-happiest season of all,” we are reminded often that...
Have you ever sat around pondering what mineral oil, hearing aid batteries and orbital handheld sanders have in common? My guess is you haven’t....
Did you know that cookies were first “invented” to test the temperature of an oven, not to eat? According to culinary historians, back in the 7th...