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January 31st, 2005
10 albums that changed my world but never won a Grammy
Award show season is coming to a close. The big ones (Grammys, Tonys, Oscars) have all been distributed to this year's winners and those of us who were not nominated for anything have had a ...
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January 6th, 2005
HBO's latest comedy phenomenon is vulgar, offensive and hilariously revealing
Yes, it's crass. It's crude. And it's more than a little insensitive. All these charges can and ...
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January 4th, 2005
How has the tsunami disaster affected your faith in God?
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January 4th, 2005
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
Toward the end of Wes Anderson's The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, the Jacques Cousteau-esque oceanographer (played Bill Murray) and his crew finally finds the shark that they have pursued with ...
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January 2nd, 2005
A Review of "Meet the Fockers"
One of the most stressful situations for an engaged couple is meeting their future in-laws and trying to make a good impression. However, the angst-o-meter rises even higher when those in-laws ...
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January 2nd, 2005
What do you think of the current steroid scandal? Does it reflect a cheater's mentality in our society?
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December 23rd, 2004
On the surface, Christmas shopping season is at its peak and our lists of "must haves" and wants are long. But will full shopping bags and trees blockaded by presents fulfill all our Christmas desires? ...
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December 16th, 2004
Clint Eastwood, my father and going the distance.
"Please kill me. I don't want this anymore. Please kill me."
Three years ago, just a few weeks after my wedding, my 74-year-old mother spoke those haunting words ...
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December 13th, 2004
a book by Terry Gross
In the introduction to a collection of her radio interviews broadcast on National Public Radio, Fresh Air host Terry Gross has a few words for potential skeptics: "You may be wondering ...
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December 13th, 2004
Christmas Questions on the streets of NYC
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November 20th, 2004
BustedHalo hits the streets of New York
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November 14th, 2004
Clint Eastwood's Million Dollar Baby doesn't go the distance
In one sense, Clint Eastwood's Million Dollar Baby--which was nominated for seven Oscars earlier this week--will be familiar to anyone who has seen Rocky or The Great White Hope or any ...
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November 1st, 2004
How has the tsunami disaster affected your faith in God? Would God cause such destruction? Does it make you question your faith or belief in God?
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October 31st, 2004
A Neighborhood Divided
Local man hasn't had Trick or Treaters since the Reagan administration.
At first I thought it's because of my mole, you know, the one here on my ...
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October 23rd, 2004
On Election Day 2004 all eyes were on the state of Ohio, where some voters stood in line for hours to cast their presidential vote. Busted Halo asked some young voters in Columbus, the state ...
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October 1st, 2004
Babe Ruth's Curse isn't dead until the Red Sox win a World Series
True Red Sox fans know the pain and hardship of loss. Historically, their team doesn't simply lose, they invent new
and creative ways of doing so. A ...
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September 20th, 2004
Script Supervising and the Importance of Small Things
Recently I helped design a letterhead template consisting of just a couple images and panels, our company logo and, in teeny font, our address. I had felt there was no need to check spelling because ...
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September 18th, 2004
Rory O'Shea Was Here
There's an easy way to judge a film about someone with a disability. If the protagonist is portrayed as saint, then it's probably not worth watching. If he's depicted as an ...
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August 9th, 2004
Drug Cartel preys on innocent teens in "Maria Full of Grace"
"Maria Full of Grace" is a work of fiction, but one can be forgiven for mistaking it for a documentary. The film, about a teenage girl from Colombia who becomes a ...
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August 9th, 2004
Confessions of an Online Gamer
Just after we graduated from high school, my friend Chris took me to see some young men I'd played the online game Everquest with but had never met in person. He pointed them out ...
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