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The Anchoress, a blogger who should know better, has her knickers in a knot about the sentimental painter Thomas Kincade. Kincade made a bundle marketing kitschy sentimental paintings to a niche market of Evangelical Christians who were ignored by the artistic community. And now, horror of horrors, it seems he was picked up for DUI. […]
This 2 discs DVD set, Jennie – Lady Randolph Churchill (played by Lee Remick) gives us a clear picture what the life of Jennie Jerome was like. Her full adventurous life illustrates the phrase “Behind every great man is a great woman†by showing how much the Victoria women of Lady Randolph’s generation did to […]
Over the past decade and a half or thereabouts, I have published occasional columns pointing out that there is more going on in terms of worldview at the Olympic games than good sportsmanship and keeping a stoic outlook no matter how disappointed one might be at the outcome of a particular event. These worldviews often […]
It is amazing how a movie or a video game can give birth to an entire industry, but it is a fact of life. One of the best examples of this phenomena is the video game Halo. This game has been around for a decade, and has gone through at least four iterations. The spin […]
With the passing of the ‘American Jobs and Closing Tax Loopholes Act’ in the House, the controversy over outsourcing American jobs is taking a new high. Should the bill be passed, it will have some drastic effects on how the U.S. is perceived as a trading partner, particularly in offshoring destinations like India and China. […]
In professional wrestling, factions are created to cause a ‘buzz’ among fans, and also to outnumber the opposition. In my opinion, the best stables are comprised of “heels” (bad guys,) because their tactics are usually underhanded, they do whatever is necessary to dominate the “face” (fan favorite), and as a result, they get a negative […]
In the first hit they made off with a television and four-figure sum of cash, plus a key to the garden shed. They came back, let themselves into the shed, and took garden tools but were spotted by the returning home owners. The GazzetteNews reported the homeowner investigated after noticing the shed door was open, […]
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