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Life: There’s no app for that

Sue wanted me to go out and shovel the snow off of her car so she could get to work. ..


Bam! Practical kitchen magic

Kitchen tip: Make sure the recipe you are preparing is on cue cards. Things proceed much more smoothly when all ..


Raspberry Finn

You’ve all heard the news that Mark Twain’s classic anti-slavery, anti-racist book has been changed to take out a very ..


$38,000 for traffic and weather updates

I’ve just watched my fourth automobile commercial in the last half hour. For 60 seconds all they talked about was ..


2011 Predictions: Nostradamus was a hack

Skeptics ask “Can you really see the future?” and I say, didn’t I predict that some major movie stars would ..


2010: A year of annoying junk

Welcome my friends to the year that was. Political Ads: Face it, they’re always offensive to someone, but particularly silly are ..


Never trust a building over 30

After a recent snowstorm in Minnesota, the roof of the Metrodome in Minneapolis collapsed. Snow? In Minnesota? In the ..


Why do bad things happen to stupid people?

I just read a news story about a guy who got $14 million in 1998 from the sale of his ..


Moving on from movie theaters

The idea of showing clips of soon-to-be released movies to an audience in a movie theater is a no-brainer. It’s ..


Enjoy those ED commercials while they last

At last, it’s safe to turn on the television without the chilling fear that you’ll have to sit through 20 ..


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