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Dec.29.2012
My husband and I just returned from a week’s vacation in the LA area to spend the holidays with our four children. It was a fun filled, exciting, and full of love kind of week. We spent a couple days with each of the four families (my husband, Tom hates this part: carrying luggage into the...
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Dec.11.2012
American troops in Iraq quietly observing the holiday spirit prior to the Iraq War's end. (Reuters photo by Saad Shalash)
Why do you think certain creative works make such a powerful and lasting impact on a wide range of people? By way of example, consider the very edgy TV drama series...
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Dec.06.2012
The longtime home of Bob and Dolores Hope is expected to soon be put on the real estate market. Located in Toluca Lake, on the corner of Moorpark and Ledge, it’s a lingering reminder that at one time, the San Fernando Valley was the Southern California home to the stars; including Lucille Ball and...
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Oct.16.2012
(Originally posted at The Weeklings, October 10th, 2012.)
Point/Counterpoint is a beloved feature that first appeared in the fall 1972 edition of the Weeklings. PC/P is the product of an intellectual tradition hearkening back to storied Oxford debate squads and the golden age of radio, in which...
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Oct.03.2012
Kicking off next year’s 90th anniversary, Warner Brothers Home Entertainment Group debuted a new look and logo for their 2013 celebration, and a series of collections commemorating its iconic history. DVD and Blu-ray motion pictures will be on store...
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Sep.15.2012
Clint Eastwood as a mayor was interesting. I covered a few of his city council meetings for the Monterey County Herald back in the late `80s when the Carmel reporter, the excellent writer Alex Hulanicki, didn’t. In response to his appearance at the Republican National Convention, Eastwood was...
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Sep.02.2012
Tidal waves, apparently caused by aliens residing under the Pacific Ocean, have wiped out Los Angeles, Tokyo, and other cities. Millions have died. The aliens acted as they did because Clint Eastwood spoke at the GOP convention.
Probably not true. I've not heard about any aliens recently and...
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Aug.31.2012
Really I don’t think I could have handled four nights of the GOP convention in Tampa. Thank goodness I was able to flip between tennis and the convention: The USOpen, The USClosed, US open, US closed.
It was like being in some horrible comedy club - Tampa’s Yuck Yuck [as in icky]...
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Aug.31.2012
It's the last day of August. I'm so glad. I cannot tell you how glad I am. Because I have no idea why, August is always an odd month for me. I have no idea why. There are months that I just love, like June. I love June, because that's my birth month. I love March for spring and St. Patrick's Day....
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Aug.31.2012
While scoping the November 1909 Montreal Gazettes for any information on the Turner Exhibit or the Industrial Fair I came across two interesting articles about education, the education of Men and the Education of Women.
Edith Nicholson of School Marms and Suffrgettes wrote in a November...
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