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Remember when you took those aptitude tests in high school, and some B-list guidance counselor divined that, based on your…
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According to a popular philosophy, that which doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. But that which makes you stronger often…
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I’ve never been a big advocate of feng shui, the ancient Oriental art of achieving harmony through strategic placement of…
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A couple weeks ago, I started a new job writing about pop music for an entertainment Web site. The nature…
I grew up in an extremely white household; not Casper-the-Friendly-Ghost white, like the Cleaver clan on TV, but darned close….
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While at the Pacific Place Pottery Barn on November 1, I overheard a fellow shopper berating the clerk. “Why do…
A posthumous CD release captures the spark of a talent gone too soon.
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Fruit Bats
As Homer Simpson once observed, apropos of the Smashing Pumpkins, “Making teenagers unhappy is like shooting fish in a barrel.”…
