Columns
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SpongeBob SquarePants displays maturity -- up to a pointNov 08, 2007 10:00 pm - To be honest, I wasn't always enamored of "SpongeBob SquarePants." Too often it was merely stupid instead of being deliberately, artistically stoopid, dimwitted with a p...
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Door dent, hole in wall easy to fixNov 08, 2007 10:00 pm - "Honey, I'm home!" Done with a little too much enthusiasm, it can leave a dent in your wall behind the door! It's a common problem that when a door is pushed open too fa...
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Reruns -- they're not just for the comedic writersNov 07, 2007 10:00 pm - The writers' strike has all the late-night talk shows running reruns. We newspaper reporters are writers, too. You just might not have realized we are doing the rerun th...
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Coltrane changes sides from cop to robber in 'The Planman'Nov 07, 2007 10:00 pm - Robbie Coltrane is back, but on the other side of the law in "The Planman," and for a while that simple twist is enough to give this British import a serious kick as a m...
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Wanting to be heard leads to bad actions on both partsNov 07, 2007 10:00 pm - Q. My husband, while out of town, slept with someone, and upon returning started writing very graphic e-mails to the other woman. I found out, and he says he's sorry, bu...
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'Couch potato' building block needs an updateNov 07, 2007 10:00 pm - Question: A few years ago you recommended a Couch Potato portfolio based on six building blocks. The fourth block was to be an "unhedged international bond fund." You re...
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Now it's up to Uribe to show Sox were rightNov 07, 2007 10:00 pm - With the White Sox, you just have to expect the unexpected. The latest surprise came Wednesday, when the Sox announced that shortstop Juan Uribe is coming back for anoth...
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Music, parade set to honor veteransNov 07, 2007 10:00 pm - It seems there are an unprecedented number of Veterans Day-related events planned locally this year. I guess the fact that we are currently at war and the fact that the ...
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Time to take off runningNov 07, 2007 10:00 pm - If the Bears can't run the ball Sunday against the Oakland Raiders, they probably can't run it on anyone. Only the Denver Broncos have a worse run defense than the Raide...
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Tell me how you feel about Dist. 211 strikeNov 07, 2007 10:00 pm - By the time you read this, we'll know if there's a teachers' strike in Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211. Admittedly, that's where most of my time has been sp...