Archive for November, 2005

The Latest Rage in Mail

If hearts and flowers aren't for you, or you want to get that perfect shade of green to match your wedding invitations, you might want to consider personalized stamps (as long as your chosen image is deemed "'acceptable' by the general public," according to one vendor). Filed in: Culture Design ...
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The Most Popular Sperm Donors

I had a thought when I was reading this article on the New York Times site. The article is about children conceived through donated sperm who find their half-siblings through the Donor Sibling Registry. Interesting idea that I'd never considered. Illustrating the online version of the article, however, are two...
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It’s in the Details

The writer of this Associated Press piece is a genius. An excerpt: The store was filled with shoppers at about 2 p.m. Sunday when the Subaru station wagon plowed backward through picture windows in a reading area in the store's northwest corner. The car took out the travel section and barreled...
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I Am Surely Going to Hell

A little late on this, but Pat Robertson, founder and chairman of The Christian Broadcasting Channel, issued this warning on "The 700 Club" last Thursday: "I'd like to say to the good citizens of Dover: If there is a disaster in your area, don't turn to God. You just rejected...
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"Cronicas" and "Awful Normal"

I've seen two films about child molesters in the past two days, which makes for depressing viewing. The first is Cronicas, directed by Sebastian Cordero and starring John Leguizamo. I remember hearing an interview with Leguizamo about this movie -- he speaks Spanish throughout most of the movie, which, if...
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