Archives in Category: Changing Scene

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Michael Jackson

Posted on June 15, 2005

All right. His fifteen minutes are up. Will Michael Jackson please leave the stage?

I’m glad the trial is finally over; and, while my opinion probably won’t sit well with the majority, I believed he would be vindicated all along.

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Upheaval

Posted on April 23, 2005

We’re dismantling our kitchen in anticipation of new granite countertops and a new sink and new window treatments. It’s all under the guise of making our kitchen look more up-to-date.
But it means we need to empty cabinets and

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Terri’s Legacy

Posted on April 14, 2005

Terri Schiavo’s death was pushed from the front page almost two weeks ago by the death of Pope John Paul II. By the time he was buried, Prince Charles was marrying Camilla . . . and so it went.

But

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Prince Charles

Posted on April 9, 2005

The last I heard, Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles were finally tying the knot today. Maybe they already have, since England is several hours ahead of St. Joseph, Michigan.

Anybody who has followed Charles’ and Camilla’s romance, knows

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Famous People Dying

Posted on April 8, 2005

Several famous people have died in the last seven days: Terri Schiavo, Pope John Paul II, Johnny Cochran, Prince Ranier, Saul Bellow. They came from different walks of life and their public personas impacted us in different ways. But now

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Burger King®

Posted on April 4, 2005

This afternoon I went to Burger King® for lunch. I hadn’t been in a fast food restaurant in a while, not since my kids left home, because all those burgers and fries just don’t appeal to me any more. But

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News

Posted on March 31, 2005

Some days are fat with it; others are lean. I’m talking about news, real news and not a rehash of yesterday’s events. Today, in my opinion, was a fat day with several stories competing for the front page. And, just

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Martha

Posted on March 7, 2005

Three days ago, Martha Stewart was released from the women’s prison in Alderson, West Virginia, after having served five months. She has another five to go in at-home surveillance, which means she wears an electronic anklet monitor that records where

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Oscar

Posted on February 22, 2005

I just learned that the Oscars are being telecast this coming Sunday, and it makes me wonder where I’ve been these past few weeks. I don’t even know who is nominated.

In years past, I’ve followed the movie critics as

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Miller

Posted on February 19, 2005

Playwright Arthur Miller died several days ago; and, since then, I’ve been reading what others more famous than I had to say about his work. The general consensus is that what Miller wrote mattered; it mattered not only as good

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