Tag: culture
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June 15, 2008 07:57 AM EDT --
Landscape groomers, gardeners, groundskeepers or whatever you want to call the people that take care of lawns and gardens are considered more of a necessity rather than a luxury in the area . . .
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September 14, 2008 11:18 AM EDT --
Several days ago I posted the first of these links (below) and was quite surprised that the post received only 8 views and 2 comments. Maybe it was the rather uninspiring title I had . . .
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January 06, 2009 02:26 PM EST --
This morning I've been reading (and commenting) about the new law passed by Congress that will go into effect almost immediately. This law prohibits thrift shops and second-hand . . .
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November 01, 2009 05:23 AM EST --
30.10.2009 Source: Pravda.Ru
The Holy Orthodox Church has for several years now come out strongly against the imported "holiday" of Halloween. What to many Russians and others around the world may seem . . .
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May 03, 2009 01:37 PM EDT --
A 50 to one shot won the Kentucky Derby, which means that no one, or hardly anyone, expected this to happen. But that's life at the track.
That's life, period. We're all 50 to one shots. . . .
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August 27, 2008 08:32 AM EDT --
Robert B. posted this news today. (Link below) As you will see, Robert tells us that the city of Santa Barbara has forwarded a letter to our Governator encouraging him to allow offshore . . .
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January 21, 2009 07:43 PM EST --
We can all agree (for once) that President Barack Obama's inauguration speech was no thriller. If anything, it was a downer.
It had to be. One minute he was president-elect; next minute, My Gawd! . . .
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December 11, 2008 01:36 PM EST --
First time I saw him on TV, I thought this must be some foul-mouthed rap artist. But no, this SOB is governor of Illinois. (See? It's catching.)
We can't seem to stop ourselves from electing . . .
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June 26, 2009 06:11 PM EDT --
Jonas Salk was never mourned like this - and he cured the world of polio.
No disrespect to Michael Jackson the pop star, pay him whatever tributes you wish, but I wonder how many other . . .
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November 09, 2008 04:40 PM EST --
The Days of the Bitter End Count me in on this honeymoon. I'm thrilled that what we have before us is our first African-American president. The politicking is done. I've had . . .
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June 24, 2008 04:14 PM EDT --
What was this woman thinking?
Erie Times
A 26-year-old who killed her 6-year-old son in a drunk-driving accident was given permission to leave the Erie County Prison . . .
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December 17, 2008 12:54 PM EST --
Caroline Kennedy never grew up, not for me. She will always be that beautiful child who, carefree and happy, went romping around the While House along with her brother John John back when her father was . . .
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March 10, 2009 07:56 AM EDT --
This story made me cry. At first. Then it made me angry.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/03/10/homeless.children/index.html?eref=rss_topstories
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June 12, 2008 07:09 PM EDT --
Should the couple's other seven children be taken away?
Fox 5 Vegas
On Sunday, Las Vegas parents of eight accidentally left their 4-year-old son in their SUV after a church outing. Little . . .
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April 07, 2009 12:37 PM EDT --
Dramatist and novelist Paddy Chayefsky (who died in 1981) wrote some terrific plays and novels. He wrote the screenplay for the (underrated) movie "The Americanization of Emily," from the novel . . .
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April 15, 2009 09:40 PM EDT --
I don't get to New York that often so I never caught Will Ferrell's Broadway show on George W. Bush - an hour or so of "comedy." But the one-man extravaganza - a big hit during its Broadway . . .
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November 13, 2008 01:04 PM EST --
Normally I do not follow fashion with anything other than a mild curiosity. New England bred, I would choose to be over-dressed rather than under, but I now live in the Northwest. With ten . . .
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June 02, 2008 08:11 PM EDT --
A mom was told she would be arrested if she brought her son to Mass.
Star Tribune.com
Carol Race was known for faithfully attending the same Mass in Bertha, Minnesota, . . .
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October 11, 2009 11:15 PM EDT --
It seems that most of the speeches he's given has raised the ire of many because he seems to be apologizing for everything he perceives the US has done wrong. Will the acceptance speech in Oslo be more . . .
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July 03, 2009 07:41 PM EDT --
Sarah Palin resigned as governor of Alaska pretty much taking the cue from Richard Nixon that we won't have her to kick around anymore. So she's out, though we don't know where she's going. My guess? . . .
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