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Tis the season for each of us to ponder the eternal topic of New Year’s resolutions, and of course, I can’t possibly skip this opportunity to offer some likely and avant-garde ideas on things I think you should consider doing in 2009. Sure, you can set cliché resolutions about exercising more,
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Over the past 12 months I enjoyed a number of dishes on my plate, so much so that I willingly decided to be one of those journalistic schmucks pumping out a Top Ten list at the end of the year (which is code for “crap, I don’t know what to
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Over the past 12 months I enjoyed a number of dishes on my plate, so much so that I willingly decided to be one of those journalistic schmucks pumping out a Top Ten list at the end of the year (which is code for “crap, I don’t know what to
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In these hard times you deserve two “best films” lists for the price of one. It is therefore with joy that Roger Ebert lists the 20 best films of 2008, in alphabetical order. Check our his list on his Web site here.
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In these hard times you deserve two “best films” lists for the price of one. It is therefore with joy that Roger Ebert lists the 20 best films of 2008, in alphabetical order. Check our his list on his Web site here.
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Turd wheel My fiance, "Ted," and I are planning our wedding and moving into a new house. He's starting med school and I'm completing my master's. Our problem is his 19-year-old sister "Sue." During Ted's Army years, he moved three times. Sue transferred colleges to follow him every time. Their
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Turd wheel My fiance, "Ted," and I are planning our wedding and moving into a new house. He's starting med school and I'm completing my master's. Our problem is his 19-year-old sister "Sue." During Ted's Army years, he moved three times. Sue transferred colleges to follow him every time. Their parents
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For one Air Force family, everything has come full circle. When 2nd Lt. Monica Clements was commissioned May 23 after graduating from the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, her father was there to put on her bars ... wearing his own uniform. Master Sgt. Jim Clements, a Reservist with the 446th
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It’s that time of year again. Y’know, when we start a new one. I don’t know about you, but I’m ready to be done with 2008. For many of us, an unofficial component of the New Year celebration involves making unofficial oaths to transcend shortcomings, self-improve and grow. Until we
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It’s that time of year again. Y’know, when we start a new one. I don’t know about you, but I’m ready to be done with 2008. For many of us, an unofficial component of the New Year celebration involves making unofficial oaths to transcend shortcomings, self-improve and grow. Until we
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One Lakewood man is lucky that that the 446th Airlift Wing just had its Reserve weekend. On Saturday, after finishing up their work on McChord Field, Senior Airman Andrew Moser and Airman Micah Myers, aerial transportation specialists from the 36th Aerial Port Squadron, were driving along Bridgeport Way in Lakewood when
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This past Sunday the husband and I decided to eat breakfast at Puget Sound Pizza. I had promised the day before that I would text my friend Jason as to what time we would be leaving the house and heading downtown. What came next brought back a flood of horrible
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This past Sunday the husband and I decided to eat breakfast at Puget Sound Pizza. I had promised the day before that I would text my friend Jason as to what time we would be leaving the house and heading downtown. What came next brought back a flood of horrible
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The December snows are mercifully receding in memory, but the repercussions go on. The weather prevented me from seeing the shows I wanted to review for this week. If I had been able to make the rounds of galleries, I suspect the most interesting shows would have been at Traver
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The December snows are mercifully receding in memory, but the repercussions go on. The weather prevented me from seeing the shows I wanted to review for this week. If I had been able to make the rounds of galleries, I suspect the most interesting shows would have been at Traver
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Think how changing from work clothes into something smashing to head out to dinner or go dancing can make you feel light as air and even giddy. Vintage shop owner Patricia Gardner is very connected to the way clothes can make you feel and how the way you are dressed
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Think how changing from work clothes into something smashing to head out to dinner or go dancing can make you feel light as air and even giddy. Vintage shop owner Patricia Gardner is very connected to the way clothes can make you feel and how the way you are dressed
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When your Servicemember is deployed, you become well acquainted with customs forms, flat rate boxes and the slowest times at the local post office. You're warned not to send alcohol, ammunitions, and in recent years, pork products. However, what about the other no-no item? The one that will surely make
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Spar Cafe Olympia. James Coates. 8 pm. NC. BLUES Dawson's Bar and Grill Tacoma - South. Billy Shew Band Open Jam Session. 8 pm. NC. The Junction Sports Bar and Grill Lewis County. Blues Jam. Hosted by Blues Attitude. 8 pm. Eagle's Hall Olympia - Downtown. OlyBlues Dance Night. Third floor, no partner necessary.