Well, ‘Straight out of Pembronx’ has received more hate mail.  It is again sent by the reader going by the name of “Val”.  If Val dislikes my column so much, I don’t know why she reads it.  Maybe she just feels like she needs a voice, too.  Perhaps she should get a blog.  Anyhoo, ...

  My column reviewing Famous Village Pizza has received yet another reader comment [Comment as follows:  “Clemenza’s Pizza is so much better than you guys. They have awesome pizza. Blows yours out of the water. Way better customer service, too.”  -Mike].   Well, Mike, this actually provides an ...

  We, here at ‘Straight out of Pembronx’, have received more hate mail.  I love hate mail.  So far, of our whopping 3 user comments, 2 of them have been hate mail.  This leaves us with a hate mail rate of roughly 66.666%.  I’m proud of that number, and would like to see it more around the 100% ...

  I heard a rumor recently that the Town of Pembroke was out surveying the logistics of re-positioning the cannon.  I presume that they want to aim it in a direction that is not so outwardly hostile toward my residence.  I suppose it would be nice to aim it downriver toward Bow, but it would be hilarious to aim it at the ...

   I was on my way out of the building earlier this afternoon, when I was drawn to a developing commotion: Evidently, one of society’s more rotund members was spat upon by one of a group of Scumcook’s future felons.  This would be funny enough, in and of itself, but leave it to the mentally challenged to take ...

  I am blogging live from the side of Main Street on a freshly procured military-spec Toughbook.  It’s not bad for a PC – I’m a Mac guy since forever, but I had to bite the bullet for a class I’m taking.  Anyhoo, the crisp Scumcook air is ripe with snarkasm, and I can just smell a blog coming ...

  Formerly Renna’s Café, Main Street’s mainstay greasy spoon is now known as the Sunrise Grill.  The Sunrise Grill has big shoes to fill, as Renna’s was long a Sunday morning ritual for local Pembronx townies such as myself.   Truthfully, the Sunday morning breakfast buffet was always the big draw ...

  I met with a tax assessor from the Town of Pembroke regarding my recent property tax valuation increase. [See my previous rant about that if you haven’t already]  When I arrived at the Town Hall, it was immediately clear that I was not alone in questioning the Town’s numbers and/or their effect on my wallet – ...

  At the beginning of September, I received a letter from the Town of Pembroke informing me of an increase in the valuation of my property.  A 17% increase in value.  I noted that their appraisal occurred in April of 2009.  The previous assessment appraisal occurred when my building was converted from apartments into ...

  ‘Straight out of Pembronx’ has received its’ first reader comment.  It is from an employee of Famous Village Pizza who is upset about the frank review I wrote about Famous Pizza.  First I would like to mention that I welcome all comments and criticism – it is unfortunate that one must be registered ...