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Jul 16, 2007 -
I know kids' books can seem a little childish with all the bright colors, huge text, and cartoon-like people, but many of them have hidden messages that adults can really take to heart. These are some of my favorites. Check them out the next time you're in the bookstore and I guarantee they'll spark some memory or feeling inside you.
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Nov 21, 2009 -
When the Berlin Wall fell 20 years ago last week, East and West Germany had to integrate two very different cultures. Freedom may have spread quickly through the East, but nudity — the East's favorite and perhaps only freedom — never caught on in the West.
Freikörperkultur (FKK), or liberal body culture, was really the only way to rebel in the East, where the most quotidian details of people's lives were observed by the Stasi, East Germany's secret police.
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Nov 19, 2009 -
Here's a poll from OnSugar blog Rantings of a Single Girl.
Let's go back to the 1940s for a minute. My grandmother was married, raised a kid, ran a farm, taught school, and kept a clean house.
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Sep 13, 2009 -
"Before there were blogs, there were zines," writes the blogger behind When Love Breaks Down, a bitter but hilarious breakup blog with a twist. The breakup happened more than 10 years ago, and the blog is based on pages ripped from a zine the writer published back in 1998.
Each post features a page from the zine in all its cringe-inducing glory, complete with modern-day commentary, like this annotation on the entry above:
I really thought once you had a kid, you would grow up.
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Aug 21, 2009 -
As a self-described neurotic, news that my neurosis may lead me to an early grave did not surprise me in the least. Unlike many neurotics who may read this story, however, I will not be adding "fear of premature death" to my list of things I like to worry about. There are too many things there as it is!
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Aug 08, 2009 -
Director John Hughes, who passed away Thursday at age 59, made a big impact on those of us who grew up watching his films and crushing on his characters. But he made an even bigger impact on Alison Byrne Fields: he was her pen pal.
As she recounts on her blog, We'll Know When We Get There, Fields and Hughes sent letters back and forth between 1985 and 1987, after Alison poured her heart out to Hughes praising The Breakfast Club.
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Jul 16, 2009 -
Another day, another news story about a woman getting sexually involved with a teen. This time, a babysitter has been arrested on charges of molesting a 14-year-old boy who was in her care a couple years ago.
Summer Nelson, 28, of Post Falls, ID, was friends with the boy's mother and babysat him and his younger siblings.
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Jun 24, 2009 -
Update: During his emotional press conference, Gov. Sanford admitted to having an extramarital affair with a woman in Argentina.
I've heard of guys up and disappearing before, but the story of South Carolina governor Mark Sanford's disappearance takes it to a whole new level.
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