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Thursday, May 15, 2008

Lessons learned from Genesee sellout
Popularity can be a double-edged sword, as the millionaire celebrities who are stalked by the paparazzi can testify. And now the Genesee Theatre is adapting to the downside of having packed houses for the comedians who roll through town.

Monday, May 12, 2008

Misty memories of 'Schoolhouse Rock!'
Here's a friendly challenge for you: Can you recite the Preamble to the U.S. Constitution?

Thursday, May 8, 2008

For Y, what's old is new again
There's nothing like that new-car smell ... especially when it's in a men's locker room.

Monday, May 5, 2008

Satire from the little people
They were hanging from the rafters, as Jack Brickhouse might have put it, at the Genesee Theatre Saturday night. To see a puppet show.

Thursday, May 1, 2008

A summer race for the buck
Today is May 1, meaning this weekend marks the official start of the modern-day summer movie season.

Monday, April 28, 2008

Saving the planet, one sprig at a time
Arbor Day kind of snuck up on me this year, lost in the hustle and bustle of the Administrative Professionals Day season. When will those fat-cats in Washington give the working man a break and make Arbor Day a federal holiday?

Thursday, April 24, 2008

Seniors go bananas at Zion High
"We're not going to fall for a banana in the tailpipe."

Monday, April 21, 2008

AS I SEE IT Getting ready for our summer splash
These are the awkward days of the year, when it is warm though not yet hot, but because it is no longer cold, we get out the shorts and T-shirts anyway.

Thursday, April 17, 2008

I spotted John Paul in 1979
Hours after Pope Benedict XVI landed in America, much as the Beatles did 44 years ago on the cusp of their "more popular than Jesus" phase, I chatted with a devout Catholic who wished aloud that she could be in New York and/or Washington.

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Going postal

As The Hound was standing in line at the Post Office for one-cent stamps to match up with the leftover 41-cent stamps which no longer are valid, steam was coming out of those big ears. It was just last year that the U.S. Postal Service raised stamp prices to 41 cents and now the cost of mailing a first-class letter is 42 cents.

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