Lifestyle 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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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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'Fred Claus' a bad case of sniveling rivalryNov 07, 2007 10:00 pm - Not since "Santa Claus Conquers the Martians" has there been a cinematic visit to the North Pole this frivolous, silly and ill-conceived. Comparing "Fred Claus" to coal...
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Candidates' online stores help them get the word outNov 06, 2007 10:00 pm - Each male presidential candidate has an "official" online store where supporters can buy buttons, pins, T-shirts, hats, jackets and more. The sole female candidate -- Hi...
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It's not just a 'trip with the boys' to herNov 06, 2007 10:00 pm - Q. I want to take a golfing trip to Ireland with the boys -- my girlfriend is inexplicably fuming that I have not taken a trip with her in the year we've been togeth...
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Red wines from Spanish region full of surprisesNov 06, 2007 10:00 pm - Small region, big tastes: Spanish reds from Ribera del Duero are full of surprises Many years ago, our tasting buddies Fred Tasker and Fred Barger were obsessed with an ...
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Drugstore chains have generous rain-check policiesNov 06, 2007 10:00 pm - I recently shopped at my drugstore and was disappointed that the best bargains were out of stock. I had waited until the last day of the sale week, and other clever shop...
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Once fussy, now a foodieNov 06, 2007 10:00 pm - To call Maureen Stoskopf a picky eater as a child would be generous. A former New Jersey girl, Maureen lived on peanut butter, American cheese, applesauce, jarred baby f...