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Autos > Autos (Other) Exploring men's perceived fascination with cars: 1 of 13

Fifty years ago in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the city fathers and a car dealer and some other sponsors decided to bury - yes bury - a grand spanking new Plymouth Belvedere, ( that was once a model of a car), in a nuclear-proof vault. This car was one of the models that had the elaborate tail fins jutting off of the rear. It was a tru...
Entertainment > Celebrity Commentary Celebrities: Why we're still interested in celebrity news: 7 of 36

Remember when you were a kid and you screwed up by doing something stupid? Like perhaps running your bike over a flowerbed or turning an unlocked drainage valve open and flooding a basement, causing lots of damage. (Fictitious examples, believe me.) And after you got caught and were about to face your day of destiny, low and...
Creative Writing > Memoirs Memoirs: Quitting smoking: 5 of 25

I grew up in an age when people sort of knew that smoking caused illness and was dangerous - but smoking was so damn good. Having a cigarette capped off a great meal and great (or even mediocre) sex. Smoking was the perfect time filler-upper. It was a vacation in your pocket, taking you away from the office or the classroom ...
Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: Halloween: 5 of 25

Over this past week leading up to October 31st, as I systematically inhale a uber-bag containing a Halloween assortment of M&M's, my mind drifted back to the days of my youth and trick-or-treating in the early 1960s. First off, back in the 1960s I knew for a fact that my parents weren't buying bags the size of parachutes ful...
Entertainment > Music (Other) Music's influence on behavior: 8 of 35

The Who, forty years ago, created the BabyBoomer attitude that remains fervently instilled in that generation today. Personally, I was not a big fan of The Who's music, certainly not as big an admirer as the producers of the CSI juggernaut are. I felt the Who had their time and place, from 1967 to 1975, and should have staye...
Hobbies & Games > Antiques & Collecting (Other) Determining the value of an antique: 4 of 13

PBS, the universe that spawned Sesame Street, Nova and Masterpiece Theater reached out to England in 1997 and brought the Antique's Roadshow television experience to America. Since then, the Antique's Roadshow crew has visited locales throughout the US, where people bring in their treasured treasures for expert appraisal. Th...
Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: The Bourne Ultimatum: 8 of 20

Just wondering if Jason Bourne is on a family plan... We just saw The Bourne Ultimatum this afternoon. Having seen the previous two Bourne movies, I knew what I was in for. The quick cut directing, the great car chase scenes and let's not forget Bourne's ability to stay one step ahead of his foils. That's what I like the mos...
Home & Garden > Home Interior How to choose and use our home appliances: 3 of 4

When you were a kid, did your family have a wringer clothes washer? This was a washer that people used in the 1920s-1950s. Instead of spinning the clothes to remove excess water, there were two rollers on top of the unit, and the person washing the clothes would feed the soaked items into the rollers where'd they be squeezed...
Society & Lifestyle > North American Culture Homeless: The forgotten Americans: 16 of 20

Leon Russell, soul/gospel/blues singing legend, had a backup group named the Shelter People. They were the perfect compliment to the manic Leon and their earliest recordings remain as dynamic and vibrant today as the day they were performed. Leon can start a song at 100 miles per hour and in an instant, that same song will h...
Sciences > Genetics The debate over genetic engineering: 6 of 7

I'm thinking I was no older than five when my Dad showed me a tree that his dad, my grandfather, had genetically altered. No gene splicing was done nor was possible back then. What my Granddad did was splice the limb of a cherry tree to an apple tree. It was successful and the tree was still living years after the feat. Yeah...