Down in Front
Daniel Dunkle is news editor for Courier Publications. He writes the weekly humor column, "Stranger Than Fiction," and "Down in Front" blogs and movie reviews. He has worked in local journalism for more than a decade, including reporting for The Courier-Gazette and editing The Republican Journal and Waldo Independent. He lives in Rockland with his wife and two children.
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'House of Cards' a revelation, the future of entertainment
By Dan Dunkle - Mar 16When Robin Wright steps onto the screen in a little white dress, her frosty blond hair clipped short and as controlled as her tight, dead smile, I ...
Cabin fever? Check out 'Jack the Giant Slayer,' 'End of Watch,' and 'Red Dead Redemption'
By Dan Dunkle - Mar 07I was texting our other intrepid pop culture blogger Saturday night about what to see at the cinema. "Argo" looked good, but I wasn't in a really ...
Catch my drift?
By Dan Dunkle - Feb 10This is what I ended up seeing when I stepped out my door this morning. I do admit to loving that feeling of the sun coming out and the blue skies ...
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Don't cook your wood stove with gas
By Dan Dunkle - Nov 11This happened outside our area, but I thought I would include it here because it's good information. Someone hurt themselves after starting a fire ...
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'Hope Springs' and 'Finding Nemo 3D' something for the very old and young
By Dan Dunkle - Sep 20I ended up watching two movies this weekend while being in the intended age group for neither. Don't ask me why, but Christine and I decided to go ...
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No subject left behind
By Dan Dunkle - Aug 28A few RSU 13 administrators, who I have talked to in the past few weeks, have confirmed something long suspected — that history, geography and ...
Reunion at Wesserunsett
By Dan Dunkle - Aug 21“And now he's home And we're laughing, like we always did My same old, same old friend...” Pearl Jam — Off He Goes Four friends sit in a row ...
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Row for your lives!
By Dan Dunkle - Jul 24I believe there is a survival instinct that helps us forget how good summer is during the winter months. We took a drive up to Echo Lake on Mt. ...
Soul Sprout live at the North Atlantic Blues Festival, sort of
By Dan Dunkle - Jul 16Rick Estrin is one cool dude. I got to meet him backstage at the North Atlantic Blues Festival Saturday. He looks like a character out of a ...
The readers rock
By Dan Dunkle - Jan 26Just when I'm about ready to get good and discouraged, something always happens to cheer me up. I've had kind of a tough week so far. To start ...
Off to Oz on a Saturday afternoon
By Dan Dunkle - Mar 10Yesterday the kids, Christine and I went out to enjoy "Oz the Great and Powerful." Judging by headlines about the box office smash it turned out ...
Milking the birthday with Artoo and Threepio
By Dan Dunkle - Mar 04I go to the cupboard the other day and who do I find among the cans of cream of chicken soup and smoked ham but R2D2 and C3PO, the adorable droids ...
It's beginning to feel a lot like Thanksgiving
By Dan Dunkle - Nov 21The office has taken on a festive quality with employees stringing up colorful lights Wednesday morning. I am writing to you now from The Courier ...
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Office space
By Dan Dunkle - Oct 04This happens about 10 times per day. From somewhere above my head here on the fourth floor of the Breakwater Marketplace, comes a drumming, sort ...
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Video games could be used for good
By Dan Dunkle - Sep 04I keep arguing with myself over whether I should really be playing Modern Warfare 3 at the age of 39. It's easier to see this waste of time for ...
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Total Recall
By Dan Dunkle - Aug 23If you don't take your brain with you, "Total Recall" is a fun movie full of futuristic car chases and science fiction special effects. The ...
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Pirates and princesses
By Dan Dunkle - Aug 07I kind of missed an opportunity during breakfast aboard the USS San Antonio last week. Cmdr. Neil Koprowski treated a group of "dignitaries" from ...
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Moonrise Kingdom
By Dan Dunkle - Jul 17Director Wes Anderson is an artist, but I'm only a fan of his stuff about half the time. My three favorite Wes Anderson movies are "The Life ...
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Cupcakes flambé
By Dan Dunkle - Jul 12I woke up this morning for the first day of my new life. I had decided walking around downtown Rockland last night that I need to get it together, ...
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Hunger Games
By Dan Dunkle - Jan 12While I dread the darkness and heating bills of winter, I find there are a great many things to enjoy this time of year. Chief among them is some ...
