Lifestyle Columns
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Constable: A year of hitching rides and carnival jobs in search of astounding storiesAug 22, 2020 1:00 am - Barrington writer sees a carnival of lives
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Nephew's aunt requires home sale to pay expensesAug 21, 2020 7:01 am - Q. My aunt has been admitted to a nursing home and it is unlikely she will ever be leaving. She has no children, brothers or sisters and my uncle died years ago. I am he...
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Zombie-riddled 'Peninsula' derails in South Korean 'Train' sequelAug 21, 2020 6:00 am - “Train to Busan: Peninsula” - ★ ★ ½ The title “Train to Busan: Peninsula” doesn't pack much relevance here. Nobody takes a train to anywhere in this frantically und...
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Not just online: Some clubs, groups holding meetings outdoorsAug 21, 2020 6:00 am - Zoom and Google Hangouts aren't the only way to conduct a meeting or chat with friends during the pandemic. We've also taken to the parks, streets and parking lots to ga...
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Suited for success: Naperville charity outfits jail inmates for job interviews, courtAug 21, 2020 5:30 am - Clothes make the man, says an ancient Latin proverb made famous by Mark Twain. Now men in the DuPage County jail can get made over through the donation of more than 400 ...
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Russell Crowe snaps, crackles and pops as road-raging killer in 'Unhinged'Aug 20, 2020 6:00 am - “Unhinged” — ★ ★ How can a movie this stupid be so diabolically irresistible? More to the point: How can a movie this stupid — and assumes viewers are even stupide...
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Another thing HBO Max has that Netflix doesn't: Classic movies from yesteryearAug 19, 2020 11:00 pm - A constant complaint about Netflix has been its lack of classic movies. Finding anything older than 1970 seems darn near impossible. Hulu and Amazon aren't much better, ...
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Asian food takes roasted peanuts beyond sandwiches, cookies and candyAug 19, 2020 6:00 am - I have loved peanut butter for as long as I can remember, most often as part of a peanut butter and jelly sandwich or cookies. However, if you would have ever told me I ...
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Losing track of the seasons? Find your bearings by heading outdoorsAug 18, 2020 6:00 am - The calendar must be wrong. August? It can't be August already! Since March, the pandemic has knocked down one after another seasonal signpost, like the last day of scho...
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Constable: It's reigning cats and dogs in the medical worldAug 18, 2020 5:30 am - By Burt Constable bconstable@dailyherald.com As the pandemic rolled through the United States, hospitals cut lucrative elective surgeries and medical tests to focus on C...