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Charlie Wilson's War | Charlie Wilson's War

les-aucoin's picture
Oct.01.2011
Unless you’ve been lost in Antarctica, you know that Tom Hanks’ flick, Charlie Wilson’s War, is based on the wildest sumbitch ever to serve in the modern Congress and how the oddly lovable, (alleged) cocaine-snorting, womanizing, Scotch-swilling swashbuckler from Lufkin, Texas, just about...
nancybrady's picture
Jul.01.2010
I continue with my New Year's Resolution to read more books.  Last year I read, if I recall correctly, sixty-five books.  As of the end of June, I have managed to read thirty-three books, which is about the same pace as last year.  I had hoped to read many more than that  (in fact, I was hoping to...
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May.17.2010
For once, my husband and I are painting with bold colors.  Normally, we tend toward neutral colors and earth tones.  One house, for example, was painted in three different shades of gray.  These three grays were alternated--the color chosen for the wall in one room might be the baseboards in...