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May.10.2009
There is a weight crisis in the United States today, as many of us can see by simply looking down at our own bellies. The problem has grown worse over the last few decades, and the cause is clear: the Baby Boomers did it. That’s right, Baby Boomers—we are a bunch of pigs. (Noticed how I carefully...
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May.09.2009
The Sabbath is yesterday, today, and tomorrow. It’s every day that we celebrate life and the universe, contemplate the divine, believe in hope, and to give thanks for beauty, our loved ones, and ourselves. The Sabbath is when we ask forgiveness, forgive others, and reclaim our kindness and...
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May.07.2009
Mark Tauber, publisher at HarperOne, called my attention to an extremely interesting book the other day. (To protect Mark’s identity, henceforth I will call him “Mark T.”) The book is Grey Aliens and the Harvesting of Souls: The Conspiracy to Genetically Tamper with Humanity and is being published...
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May.07.2009
Over the weekend I went to Montreal to visit my ailing grandfather, in and out of the hospital with a bad heart and water in his lungs and who knows what else.
He’s 94 years old. The first day we were there, he was pretty confused. The second day, he’d recovered some and was back to his old self,...
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May.06.2009
San Francisco—[A note from Sam: This blog has strayed somewhat from its original purpose of bringing you the most important news of the day, so today I am straying back.] A girl was injured at the corner of 14th Avenue and Santiago yesterday while attempting to jump over a bush. According to Steve...
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May.06.2009
“My mind's sunk so low, Claudia, because of you, wrecked itself on your account so bad already, that I couldn't like you if you were the best of women, or stop loving you, no matter what you do.” Catullus.
Oh Claudia! 'Twas ever thus!
Since...
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May.05.2009
These days writers are going out of their way to reveal the most intimate details of their lives—alcoholism and drug addition, sex addiction, horrible facts about their terrible families, bizarre mental and physical conditions, interest in NASCAR racing—authors seem to be willing to go public about...
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May.04.2009
It’s true. It hit me today on the ride to work on the trolley (I live in Mister Roger’s Neighborhood). Sitting on the seat in front of me was a very serious looking, attractive woman of indeterminate age and Nordic stock wearing business attire. For several stops we made eye contact over our...
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May.01.2009
WASHINGTON — Congress announced plans today to review the use of performance-enhancing drugs among American authors, with star-studded hearings scheduled next month and legislation to limit access to steroids. Two House panels are planning mid-January hearings featuring former President Bill...
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Apr.30.2009
Kathi Kamen Goldmark and I are getting hitched June 12, which in one sense is not really news, as we have been living together for years. In fact, when we told my niece Sophie, she turned to her mom Michelle and said, “Aren’t they already married?” But still, it’s a big deal. I know, because I used...
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