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If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!CNN mentioned today that 18 years ago Teri Garr broke all the windows of her boyfriend’s house with a hammer after finding out that he was unfaithful.  But America loves her anyway—she comments in interviews that even when her [...]

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Every day people open our paper searching for a review of tonight’s movie.  Today the hype comes under the radar, which I know is paradoxical, but it’s on PBS.  Any movie on PBS has a specific and cultish demand that most people don’t understand.  I’m one of those people who love Jane Austen and love [...]

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That’s it.  Robert Cooper, his brother, came forward today, 37 years later, to identify that “D.B.” Cooper’s name was Merlin Cooper.  Now to do my due diligence and find out how we’ve known his last name for four decades but not his first name…
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As a school teacher with a business background, I am 100% in favor of stopteacherstrikes.org.  For as much as teachers, including myself, constantly complain about their salary, I must admit that I make an average amount of money, and for only 180 days a year of work (really!).  And the unions really do exist solely [...]

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Image from WikipediaI am a Christian, but not the type who celebrates those orthodox holidays like Good Friday and Ash Wednesday and Fat Tuesday. I’m always a little confused when an encyclopedia or textbook says Christians celebrate those holidays–because in America, most people have no idea what they’re about. So I, like you [...]

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Maybe the only reason I really liked ABC’s Miss Guided is that I teach middle school Spanish.  While many reviewers said it was a cliche, fomulaic mid-season replacement, to me, every line was right on the money.
Judy Greer plays a high school guidance counselor–quickly admitting that she, having been a “good kid,” doesn’t know to [...]

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An Australian man who says he’s fed up with his life has decided to sell it.  45 year old Ian Usher, recently divorced and underemployed, is selling his “life”–his house, all his worldly possessions, even his place among his group of friends–on eBay.  Hopefully he’ll use an Auction Video style video on his listings, so [...]

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