Things have gone all to hell since Friedrich Nietzsche, the 19th century German philosopher, declared that “The thought of suicide … helps one through many a dreadful night.”

Fear and loathing were our initial reactions to the $4.99 Crane Lake 2005 Petite Sirah. We had not yet tasted it, but the very idea of a cheap Petite Syrah filled us with dread and foreboding.

I love going to the slots and playing the slot machines – this is something else that I probably shouldn’t admit about myself because pretty soon everyone will know all of my vices.

BAR HARBOR — Mount Desert Island High School brought home some new hardware for its trophy case and a spot in the finals of the Maine State Drama Festival over the weekend when the cast and crew of “Sganarelle, or the Imaginary Cuckold,” directed by Casey Rush, was named the Class A winner of the Mid-Coast Regional of the Maine State Drama Festival. That competition was held in Rockland on March 5-6.