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In the most recent issue of New York magazine — which features Jon Stewart mugging on the cover — a sidebar stat jumped out at me more than any feature story could. It compared suicide rates nationally...
View ArticleSolomon’s curse
You’ve heard the phrase “he had a face made for radio”? Perhaps Deborah Solomon, who writes a weekly interview column for the “New York Times Magazine”, has a personality made for print. Solomon...
View ArticleNaked truth
Does a celebrity posing nude ever draw attention to anything… …besides the fact that they’re plum buck naked? Adam Levine, front man for musical group Maroon-5, is the latest superstar to jump into the...
View ArticleClass act
My first memory of actor Alan Rickman is in the Bruce Willis movie Die Hard. He played the evil villain Hans Gruber. His voice and unique intonation made a lasting impression. While I have loved...
View ArticleDressed to soapbox
I object. To the methodology and the terminology, and I demand an apology for Kansas City. Travel + Leisure recently published their annual ‘America’s Favorite Cities’ survey, where readers rate major...
View ArticleWater, water everywhere
It is a frequent (and very sad) Facebook status: “I’ve dropped my cellphone in water. Email me until I get it replaced.” This hasn’t happened to me yet. But as recently as last month, I heard similar...
View ArticleThis just in…
Wow. Crack me up.Filed under: Comedy, Comics, Commentary, Dieting, Food, Health, Humor, Life, Magazine Tagged: butt, butt crack, comedy, comics, commentary, crack me up, diet,...
View ArticleTopping tip
I read a great article today — How to Turn Your Favorite Snack Food into Seasoning The author recommends buying a cheap grinder at your local grocery store — perhaps when buying salt or pepper — and...
View ArticleToo soon
Dear AARP: This article in your latest edition of Bulletin arrived just a bit too soon after the “60 is the new 40” story… Let me have my illusions, okay? Geez. (Or should that be ‘geezer?’)Filed...
View ArticleThe fine print
On my Delta flight back to NYC from Toronto today, I was flipping through Sky magazine, and an article on the Mississippi Delta caught my eye. Where to go. What to do. All the summer festivals,...
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