Lifestyle Columns
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Up for a double dip of Brandon Jackson?Feb 11, 2010 10:00 pm - Brandon T. Jackson can be seen in two movies this weekend. He plays a comical Tooth Fairy associate in Dwayne Johnson's "The Tooth Fairy." But his character in "Percy Ja...
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Heating contractor either unqualified or deliberately misleadingFeb 11, 2010 10:00 pm - Q. I think my heating contractor is trying to rip me off. I hired him to clean my forced air furnace, but he wants to sell me a new one. My furnace makes a few crack...
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How to peek the peace on association boardsFeb 11, 2010 10:00 pm - Many associations have a problem getting enough people to serve on the board due to apathy, but that is another subject, for another column, on another day. Other associ...
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New on DVDFeb 11, 2010 10:00 pm - "Celtic Thunder: It's Entertainment" Celtic Thunder came to the attention of the American public with the group's PBS specials. Paul Michael Byrom, George Donaldson, Kei...
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Cupid misses bigtime on 'Valentine's Day'Feb 10, 2010 10:00 pm - "Valentine's Day" - strategically released just before the title's namesake holiday - presents 20 main characters or so in a constant, high-speed rotation on the silver ...
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Dull script, bland characters curse 'The Wolfman'Feb 10, 2010 10:00 pm - Here's a supposedly scary movie that thinks ripped body parts, spraying blood, video-game-quality CGI werewolves, false scares and Anthony Hopkins are frightening enough...
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Stupidity strikes down 'Lightning Thief'Feb 10, 2010 10:00 pm - Somebody stole Zeus' lightning bolt, and if the king of the gods doesn't get it back in 10 days, he'll destroy the world. What? Over a stupid lightning bolt? Who stole i...
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Vicki Keller makes pie crust; recipe a family heirloomFeb 09, 2010 10:00 pm - Rhubarb pie is part of the dowery for farm-raised baker
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Fill your jar with easy sugar cookiesFeb 09, 2010 10:00 pm - Over lunch, I mentioned to my friend Karen Latta that I was looking for a good rolled sugar-cookie recipe like I used to make with my grandmother. She immediately offere...
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Marriott revives classic 'Fiddler on the Roof'Feb 09, 2010 10:00 pm - Ross Lehman and Paula Scrofano star as the milkman Tevye and his wife Golde in Marriott Theatre's production of "Fiddler on the Roof," the Sheldon Harnick-Joseph Stein m...