Columnists
Entertainment/Living
Barbara Brotman
Boots made for winter hiking - December 18, 2008 - Hey, you there, tossing your hiking boots into the basement until spring. What do you think you're doing?
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Steve Dahl
Singing those post-election blues - November 13, 2008 - Now that the two-year ordeal known as the 2008 presidential campaign is over, I find myself with a form of post election blues. I would compare it to post-partum blues, but I'm not exactly sure that I'm qualified to know exactly how that feels, though I witnessed it once up close and in person. I suppose I could more reasonably compare an Obama victory to the way I felt after the White Sox Won the World Series, if I were an Obama voter. Voting for McCain was more like being a lifelong Cubs fan, I suspect.
Bill Daley
Bartender tips and tricks - December 21, 2008 - These techniques from local bartenders help put the zing in their cocktails:
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Eric Gwinn
Measuring your jumps for joy - December 21, 2008 - Name: HangTimer for iPhone
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Steve Johnson
Last of the pinball wizards - December 23, 2008 - If pinball is going to come back, to regain rock-opera level cultural primacy rather than more pizza-parlor corner dust, it probably starts with scenes such as this.
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Julia Keller
Paragraph of the week - December 21, 2008 - Plausibility is an overrated virtue in fiction. If the story is good enough, if it's filled with characters you care about, then a few unlikely coincidences can't cancel the enjoyment.
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Ellen Warren
Negative reaction to double exposures - December 21, 2008 - Problem: Actually, two similar problems. The gym you go to isn't fancy and not the kind of place that singles go to meet each other. But, lately, a woman has shown up wearing clothing more suitable for a strip club or a pole-dancing class. Sure, she's fit and attractive, but she is showing way more flesh than you want to look at while sweating on the treadmill. Should you tell her?
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