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Published May 26th, 2012 - 12:05AM
Sooner or later, the millions of us for whom the flesh is weak must grow up or die young – but not without the dream of just one sinful habit that is actually good for us.
Published May 19th, 2012 - 12:05AM
Europe has had its Draculas, its abominable snowmen and its even-more-abominable inbred royalty, but North America has had its not-quite-so-abominable Bigfoots, its pony wolves and its race of human giants.
Published May 12th, 2012 - 12:05AM
I confess that when I see news reports of two men getting married to each other or two women, I don’t understand the attraction.
Published May 5th, 2012 - 12:05AM
The “mother-in-law cottage” has become the “granny pod,” a small, private dwelling for a family elder in the backyard of a younger family member’s house.
Published April 28th, 2012 - 12:05AM
Who do you think you are?”
Published April 21st, 2012 - 12:05AM
The old folks weren’t exaggerating when they told us they walked miles to school through waist-deep snow drifts.
Published April 14th, 2012 - 12:05AM
We once had a stupendous cat named Sterling who probably should have been named Tuna because that was the central thread of his life. He was a canned-fish addict.
Published April 7th, 2012 - 12:05AM
Your pity is misplaced if you have been hoping that someone will invent a “cure” for baldness. If you want to cure something, cure the abnormal crop of hair on a mature man’s skull.
Published March 31st, 2012 - 12:05AM
Most people have probably heard about the women’s movement that erupted years ago out in the open, but they might not know about the undercover part of that march toward freedom – or perhaps I should say the underwear part of it.
Published March 24th, 2012 - 12:05AM
They have been called the young indestructibles, young adults in the prime of life who are pretty darned sure they are immortal and don’t need medical insurance.
Published March 17th, 2012 - 12:05AM
I received a call from a reader one time who was hot under the collar that Mormons had posthumously baptized her dead son.
Published March 10th, 2012 - 12:05AM
English is a moving target. Like all languages, it never stops changing. Words drop in. Words drop out. The longer you live the more words you need to retire because they are unknown to newer portions the population.
Published March 3rd, 2012 - 12:05AM
When our first child, Stacy, was born, I happened to buy a tape recorder and accidentally discovered a startling aspect of a tiny baby’s little lungs.
Published February 25th, 2012 - 12:05AM
Sooner or later, every fertile female and male on the planet practices some form of birth control.
Published February 18th, 2012 - 12:05AM
Even aged, arthritic fingers can peck out an email to a grandchild. And it’s physically easier than grappling with a pen and paper.

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