May 23, 2013
|Column| Chicago Tribune
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“Fast & Furious 6,” — which surely maxed out Universal’s tank-top budget for the year, and sustains its joyful, unpretentious ridiculousness so perfectly that I secretly hoped the “6” meant “hours long,”...
May 17, 2013
|Column| Orlando Sentinel
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Running off at the typewriter …
I am amazed at all of the controversy that ensued after University of Florida assistant coach Tim Davis joked to a Gator booster club in Brevard County that Alabama coach Nick Saban is "the devil himself." It's...
Mar 24, 2013
|Column| Chicago Tribune
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Would you turn down a job paying $227,000 if all you had to do was look at animal photos in the National Geographic magazine?
Of course not. And if you did, you'd be a certified moron.
There can't be much stress in staring at animal photos, even of...
Jan 31, 2013
|Column| Chicago Tribune
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A writer must eat, which is why most playwrights eventually try their hands at screenwriting. "Stand Up Guys," starring Al Pacino, Christopher Walken and Alan Arkin, comes from the stage-trained Noah Haidle, whose story premise sounds like a sure (if...
Jan 31, 2013
|Column| RedEye
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*1/2 (out of four)
After “The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel” and “Quartet,” I'm glad to see a film about people in their grayer years take place somewhere other than a hotel in which the folks putter around and giggle about sex....
Jan 17, 2013
|Column| Hartford Courant
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The Hartford Courant
I was in a sports department store last week and saw one of those yellow Livestrong wrist bands on a rack selling for $1.
My dad died of pancreatic cancer many years ago. The money for the wristband helps to support cancer survivors. About $500...
Nov 30, 2012
|Column| Hartford Courant
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The Hartford Courant
It's been a busy few weeks, what with the election, the Petraeus scandal, the Thanksgiving holiday, and UConn being dissed yet again by the ACC, so I thought I might provide a quick rundown of what's been going on with some of the major players....
Dec 20, 2012
|Column| Chicago Tribune
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The lack of measurable snowfall is but another sign of the apocalypse, yet snow it will and soon, and when it does, there is one thing you must understand.
There are no Dibs in Chicago unless Judge Dibs™ declares Dibs.
And I am Judge Dibs™...
Nov 29, 2012
|Column| Chicago Tribune
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This column scares the heck out of me.
Because the last thing a chunky, boringly dressed guy like me should ever do is offer fashion advice to women.
Especially by writing a column about women's shoes and the scary things American women may be doing...
Nov 28, 2012
|Column| Chicago Tribune
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Lost in Wednesday's giggly revelation at Halas Hall that NFL players have been known to take Viagra for an edge was Brandon Marshall seriously embracing what gives the Bears offense its biggest boost.
"We understand that we are the focal points of the...
Jan 10, 2013
|Column| South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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Dear Pharmacist: I ate like a hog over the holiday, and it was wonderful! To spare my guilt, are there any benefits to holiday foods and spices? — D.E., Orlando
Dear D.E.: All those delicious spices have numerous medicinal benefits. Nutmeg can ease...
Jan 12, 2013
|Column| Los Angeles Times
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Now that we can sweep the college football season away, much like Alabama did to Notre Dame, it is time to set our sporting sights forward.
There is the NBA, college basketball, even a hockey-light season. Or is that a light hockey season?
Nor...
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