Saturday, September 2, 2006
3 Easy Payments of $19.95...Easy for Whom?
Love those retailers. They're always pricing items in fractions: $9.95, $11.99, $1.99, $12.98, and so on. J.C. Penney is credited with starting this nonsense. $1.99 sounds better than $2.00. It's a psychological thing. Most people will travel a couple of miles to save a penny or five cents. (By the...
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Friday, September 1, 2006
Out to break some records
Barbra Streisand is about to break all the records when it comes to ticket sales. The word inflated doesnt seem to carry much weight for the price of tickets for her tour, which starts in Philadelphia on Oct. 4 at the Wachovia Center. The word obscene seems to fit better. The best seats in the house...
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Thursday, August 31, 2006
It's a peach of a state.
It's nearing the end of the summer and they're finally ripened and ready for picking. You bite into one, the juice running down your chin and onto your fingers, and you savor the succulent flavor, the sweetness and tartness all in one taste. What am I talking about? Why, Jersey peaches, the best in...
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Tuesday, August 29, 2006
Maybe it looks like Willy Wonka?
A story has come out of California (where else?) where workers in a gourmet chocolate factory - chocolatier to the stars - are paying homage to a two-inch piece of chocolate that they say resembles the Virgin Mary. It was discovered under a vat, apparently chocolate drippings. As that guy on TV...
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Thursday, August 24, 2006
Smoking, a mortal sin? It could work
All the evidence has shown that cigarette smoking can cause all kinds of diseases: cancer, emphysema, kidney problems, and more. And second-hand smoke can be just as damaging. More and more people have kicked the habit and are kicking it every day. There are programs available to help smokers and...
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Monday, August 7, 2006
The world's most beautiful language
I would say, without fear of contradiction, that Italian is by far the most beautiful language in the world. Well-spoken and well-phrased, it flows from the mouth like music and envelopes you in tranquility with the fluidity of its nuances. French is too nasal, German is, well, German. Russian is...
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Tuesday, August 1, 2006
Much ado about nothing
Without sounding like a bigot myself, I wonder if all this commotion over what Mel Gibson said or didn't say would have carried this far if some of the major Hollywood studios didn't have Jews in prominent positions? The furor over his alleged comments is gaining momentum by the likes of Barbara...
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Monday, July 31, 2006
Crucify Mel Gibson!!!
I suppose Mel Gibson has to crucify himself in the same way the Messiah was crucified in order to placate the professional Jews who do not accept his apology for allegedly making anti-Semitic remarks when arrested for drunk driving last week in Malibu. Supposedly when the cops stopped him he said,...
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Saturday, July 29, 2006
Avoid the Jersey Shore
I don't know how it is elsewhere but most of the towns along the Jersey Shore charge a daily fee to get onto the beach or a season ticket for individuals or families. In other words, the God-given sand and surf is prohibited to those people who want to stay cool but don't have as much as $7 for the...
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Friday, July 28, 2006
Disband the Federal Censorship Commission
The Federal Censorship Commission (FCC) — uh, isn’t that its name? — is handing down edicts reminiscent of Nazi Germany, the Soviet Union, Communist China, and any other two-bit dictatorship you can think of to affect our communications system, most notably broadcast TV and radio along with a bill...
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