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You say magenta, I say vermillion

My home office needed repainting. OK, it didn’t need repainting so much as it needed a good, long sandblasting. But ..


The evolution of the tube and the boobs that watch them

Will I be the last person in the world to buy a $4,000 flat-screen plasma TV? I see the ads ..


Do I have spring fever or a busted thermostat?

I have put away all my winter clothes and pulled out my spring stuff. My spring snowsuit, my spring thermal ..


Sanjaya a cure-all for a girl's problems?

The picture of a 13-year-old blonde girl crying helplessly in the studio audience while watching American Idol contestant Sanjaya Malakar ..


A horse is of course a car of course ...

“Have you heard about “hypermiling?” “No, I haven’t,” said Nick. “But anything with the word hyper in it must be ..


It’s no secret ...

Shhhh! Promise not to tell anyone; it’s a secret! I heard about it on Oprah Winfrey’s show, so practically nobody ..


Thick crust, thin crust, upper crust

Start spreading the news, a New York pizzeria is offering a $1,000 pizza topped with caviar and lobster. Actually, that ..


Spring Break Beach Diet

DAY ONE Breakfast 1/2 Grapefruit 1/2 cup Grape Nuts 1/2 Cup Skim milk Brunch 2 Breakfast Burritos 2 Hot apple pies Lunch 1/2 cup cottage cheese 1 slice bread ..


Meryl Streep is a pussycat

Meryl Streep nearly got an Academy Award this year for playing a willful, demanding boss who rules her fashion magazine ..


Tarmac timeshare

Big, big decisions. Sue and I don’t get that much time off, so we spend a lot of time planning ..


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