Lifestyle Columns
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'Idol' chatter: Successful routine makes show tolerableMay 19, 2008 11:00 pm - I don't know if there's a connection, but just as "American Idol" seems to be getting more tiresome to much of its audience, I've found it a lot more tolerable this seas...
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Revel in Romero: 'Dead' series has its dayMay 19, 2008 11:00 pm - This is a killer DVD week, as we get a chance to look at two films from horror master George A. Romero. The films came out 40 years apart, and watching them both offers ...
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Vitamin B helps reduce trips to the bathroomMay 18, 2008 11:00 pm - Q. I am a 76-year-old male. I used to get up two or three times a night to urinate. After reading one of your columns in which you passed on a reader's success with ...
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Settling into a routine of chemotherapyMay 18, 2008 11:00 pm - I always look forward to Wednesdays. This past week, I took my usual turkey sandwich with me to Glenbrook Hospital, where I go for chemo each week -- just in case I'm d...
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These cool hotels are unique -- by designMay 17, 2008 11:00 pm - When a property calls itself Hotel Unique, it had better deliver. No worries. The one-of-a-kind Sao Paulo manse that claims this name does so in spades, starting with a ...
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Civil War tour begins SaturdayMay 17, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- A new Civil War tour of Washington includes a visit to the newly restored Lincoln Cottage, Abe Lincoln's summer retreat on the campus of the U.S. Armed For...
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Subcontractors have a right to get paid for workMay 17, 2008 11:00 pm - Q. We've hired a contractor to finish our basement. After agreeing on a price, we signed a contract regarding costs, payments, allowances for various items, etc. We ...
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Sealing with caulk keeps out yellow jacketsMay 17, 2008 11:00 pm - Q. Last summer, I had yellow jackets enter my home via a crack by the electrical box on the outside wall. I sprayed some hornet wasp killer into the opening. The nex...
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Parents should act when flighty kids take offMay 17, 2008 11:00 pm - Last week, when my plane landed in Chicago after flying from San Francisco, it looked like it had been caught in some serious turbulence. Chunks of fruit were stuck to t...
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With a baby coming, it's time to grow upMay 17, 2008 11:00 pm - Q. My wife is 4½ months pregnant. For the past year or so I've had an "office girlfriend" -- a single woman at my office who is fun to flirt and eat lunch with, but noth...