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July 20, 2009 07:06 PM EDT --
Today is a day of great historical significance. I know what you're all thinking: footprints in moon dust. Well, July 20th got famous long before 1969. Let's take a look at a certain wacky business that . . .
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April 06, 2009 12:19 AM EDT --
If you're an out-of-work actor, there's a whole new world of opportunity opening up for you in real estate. Get this:
Talk about April Fools. One of this year's biggest was that guy who . . .
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March 02, 2009 12:00 AM EST --
So, here's a story for you. A flight from Dubai empties at the Melbourne airport, a man is randomly yanked from the wad of disembarking passengers, and for once, they've picked a winner. (I myself . . .
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February 09, 2009 12:44 AM EST --
Groundhog Day came and went in L.A. (I'm told it was February 2nd) and nobody noticed. We can't afford such trivial ceremonies in this big, fat, broke state, and also, since it's currently . . .
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November 24, 2008 12:44 AM EST --
So I heard this morning that a dog, driving his owner's van, crashed into a coffee shop.
The owner had left the pet alone in the vehicle, in a parking lot, with the engine running, so the pooch took . . .
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November 20, 2008 10:33 PM EST --
Although I have to tell you that Thanksgiving is one meal I really don't mind making (the holiday spirit propels you through the rough parts), this year I'll be giving thanks that my sister-in-law . . .
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November 10, 2008 12:34 AM EST --
Word on the street is that Saddam Hussein's yacht is for sale. The Ocean Breeze , after a heated ownership dispute, is now the property of Iraq. Iraq is selling it, not because they can't . . .
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November 02, 2008 11:23 PM EST --
I admit to being an Obamaniac, and now that we're down to the wire, I've got the election day jitters. I find I'm seeking comfort: I can't take the suspense one more. big fat minute. . . .
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October 29, 2008 05:35 PM EDT --
Although you read the polls and wonder
Why the chick is smilin',
You really must admit, one VP
Candidate is stylin'.
So, 'though I sort of hate her guts,
And her campaign is failin', . . .
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October 13, 2008 01:50 PM EDT --
When I search my memory for the Halloween costumes I wore as a child, I can only recall two.
I was about seven when I dressed as a gypsy. The costume featured a red skirt, a ribbony headdress, and . . .
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September 01, 2008 06:28 PM EDT --
¬My husband has a thing about buying gas. It's sort of like asking for directions: he won't do it until the situation is dire. As you can imagine, this sometimes gets him in trouble, as it did . . .
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August 04, 2008 12:00 PM EDT --
It started on Saturday, when my daughter, who is in in Switzerland, told me that at a local music festival there, a booth in the food court offered roasted crickets. (Other options at the stand included . . .
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July 28, 2008 02:33 PM EDT --
Every day, Oliver (my hyper golden retriever) brings me his tattered, deflated soccer ball precisely at 5:35 p.m., minutes after he's eaten dinner, sensibly suggesting that I help him burn off a . . .
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July 10, 2008 04:35 PM EDT --
I love the Hollywood Bowl, but I love it for the wrong reason.
I don't love it because it's a beautiful outdoor venue where you (and nearly 18,000 other patrons) can sit under the stars and . . .
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July 06, 2008 03:14 PM EDT --
I don't know about you but I can't wait to ride the new ferris wheel at the Santa Monica pier. The old one sold on Ebay in April for about $132,000, and its new owner is a real estate developer . . .
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July 06, 2008 01:44 PM EDT --
One recent piece of fascinating news is that archeologists discovered Ferry Farm, George Washington's long lost plantation, and the story about young G.W. chopping down the cherry tree reared it's . . .
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June 30, 2008 02:41 PM EDT --
When I'm desperate (5pm, no idea what's for dinner), my default plan is to roast a chicken. Nobody doesn't like roast chicken, which makes it a Miracle Food in a house like mine which is full . . .
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June 30, 2008 02:29 PM EDT --
Since it was just the 4th of July and we're having an exceptional cherry season, I find myself recalling the story of how George W. (no, not him, I mean the first president) was lionized for copping . . .
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June 05, 2008 11:44 PM EDT --
Last week I was desperate for an outfit. I was going to an A-list Hollywood party and had nothing to wear except for the sixteen other Hollywood party outfits that I had worn and retired.
I took my . . .
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June 02, 2008 12:02 AM EDT --
As a writer of children's music, I always make a mental note when I hear an artist performing a song that was not intended for kid listeners but would suit them just fine.
There are lots of songs . . .
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