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PUBLISHED: May.11.2000

Skywriting at Night

Twelve year-old Jet tells anyone who will listen that they've got to face life's frustrations. His older brother violently disagrees. His father firmly believes that chaos breeds chaos and order begets order, and is living disproof of the theorem. Meanwhile his mother is in the throes of the fourteenth of what will ultimately be seventeen religious sects she will belong to,...

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If It's Such a Small World Then Why Have I Been Sitting On This Airplane For Twelve Hours?

A newly enlarged Second Edition of the book now includes 77 (count 'em, seventy-seven!) unique, humorous, and insightful essays about people, places, and cultures around the world. It features tales from a four-week car trip across the United States, featuring visits to the Voodoo Museum, Graceland, and Bongo Java, a coffee house with a cinnamon bun that looks like Mother Theresa....

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PUBLISHED: Jan.10.2008

Pimp your fridge

Nothing is simple anymore. You can get a refrigerator with a digital picture frame, iPod speakers, and a Wi-Fi-equipped touch-screen computer. Cars are entertainment centers, which is a good thing since you can never be too distracted by using the cell phone, eating a sandwich, reading the newspaper, and putting on make-up to change a DVD. You can even get a Taser holster with a...

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PUBLISHED: Dec.24.2007

Thanks for no memory

We're not getting dumber, we're getting fuller. And I don't mean our stomachs, I mean our brains. The Information Age begat the Overload Years and now it's hard to know what to hold onto and what to send to the Recycle Bin. Face it, there's only a finite amount of information a brain can contain, which is why I get afraid that if I put one more piece of information in my head...

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PUBLISHED: Mar.01.2001

Stand Tall

Dr. Isaiah "Ike" McKinnon served on the Detroit city police force for thirty years. Through the pain of racism and brutality, Ike rose above it all, returning to the force as Chief of Police under Mayor Dennis Archer. During that time he transformed the department, developed prevention programs and ensured justice was served. In doing so gave back to the city through his...

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About Mad

Mad Dog, whose mother calls him Barry Gottlieb most of the time, has been writing a weekly humor column since 1995. It's appeared in newspapers and magazines including the Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, New York Daily News, San Francisco Chronicle,...

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