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The evolution of food

I was in a restaurant the other day, and it hit me that except for the artisan hamburger -- served ..


Brittany's Law

There is a saying that knowledge is power, and when it comes to information about the dangers that surround us ..


The egg came first twice

Once or twice a week, friends and neighbors will show up at our back door with a carton of "extra" ..


To B&B or not to B&B? That is the question

In most small towns, the biggest and most elegant building on Main Street is the funeral home. Or an old-age ..


I signed what?

When Dr. Sam said, "You've got the prostate of a 16-year-old," it was hard to keep from beaming. This must ..


You’ve been invited to an antisocial

Almost every day, I hear parents and grandparents and people on television complain about how cellphones, smartphones, texting, streaming, Facebooking, ..


Halt, who dates there?

Anyone who has seen the many movies made about World War II knows that soldiers who had forgotten the day's ..


Do men get womenopause?

"You've got all the symptoms," Sue said. "The symptoms of what? "MFS." "MFS? I feel fine." "Sure, now you do, but when I ..


The heterosexual menace

Experts estimate the number of homosexuals in the population is somewhere between 2 percent and 10 percent. Since many people ..


The longest holiday

At last, the holiday season that began on Halloween will finally come to a close with Super Bowl Sunday. You ..


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