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Mad Obsessions: Sunday Edition
Posted: August 19, 2010

Sundays are by far my favorite day of the week. I take full advantage of the “easy like Sunday morning” mindset and usually don’t get out of bed until I’ve watched a movie and several different...


Mark My Words: Pay, Watch, Forget
Posted: August 19, 2010

Was it biologically possible for me to like the movie “Eat, Pray, Love?” I mean, after all, I’m a guy. But, I am a guy who invited two women to go see it with me, knowing that they would want to...


Mark My Words: Disconnected
Posted: August 16, 2010

We recently had houseguests for five days and it was delightful. Our house is not usually home to anyone with two legs under the age of forty. The two children, ages 15 and 7, were charmingly...


Lame language skills
Posted: August 12, 2010

William Safire, I’m not, but I am the daughter of a really good English teacher. My mother used to recline on her desk to teach her students the difference between “lie” and “lay.” I was...


An apology to our readers and writers
Posted: August 09, 2010

After you finished checking out all our party pictures in the August issue, you may have noticed we didn't run any columns. We're sorry about that. Due to space limitations, we had to pull them at...