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Confinement in an iron lung makes it difficult to get to the movies, so I often watch films months or even years after their release via services like Netflix and Hulu, where I can enjoy the comforts of home as well as a grounded 120v outlet to maintain basic life functions. Star Gabourey Sidibe gained more [...] You know, you’ve got to help me out. Traveling to Arizona, when the California side of the Colorado River is an arctic 99 degrees, and everything to the east is despair and torment and 115 degrees, requires some mental preparation. It was only recently that Harrison admitted that he was singing “I’m not a soda.” Marisol, on [...] At my last birthday, one of the comforting thoughts that crossed my mind was the knowledge that I had successfully passed the future date of my death 40 times. “There has got to be a word for that,” I thought. I GUESS 4EVER WAS NEVER. YOU NEVER GAVE ME A [...] Does altruism exist? Often, when asked to help, we try to control how our help will be received or how it will be utilized, if the recipient will be grateful, if we will be acknowledged, if the results will be beneficial to us, personally, before we agree, rather than giving with eyes closed and arms [...] Marty Barrett speaks truth to the Storm of the [...] Today the Walt Disney Company announced it had agreed to purchase Marvel Comics for $4 billion in cash and stock. Marvel’s board is likely to agree, making the bold acquisition the largest media buyout since last year’s economic collapse. But fans of both cultural institutions are concerned with the purity of iconic characters and storylines. The [...] Providers of Funeral and Ossuary services, collectively known as the Cadaverous Arts, face challenges other merchants don’t: How to advertise a product for which someone has to die in order to use? The bulletin at St. Margaret’s Church featured (and probably still does) a back page of ads from local businesses, several of which were funeral [...] Manny Ramirez has a new billboard in Los Angeles, but former teammate Jonathan Papelbon would probably approve of my redesign. Previously: Sixth inning and the Dodgers are winning; NomahSee also: Jonathan Papelbon grinds his teeth (Esquire) |
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