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Culture Archive
Harder Than It Looks: The Quest for the Bell
Posted on August 3, 2010 | 2 Comments“Now remember, don’t say “Hi y’all’,” Bernice, the head hostess told me. ”This is a classy place. We always say ‘good evening’”. It was my first week on the job...
I’m a Joiner
Posted on July 31, 2010 | 9 CommentsIn one scene in the 1987 film Dirty Dancing, Baby (Jennifer Grey’s character) is about to go meet dashing, dangerous Johnny (played by the dear, departed Patrick Swayze), but she...
Haiku Friday
Posted on July 30, 2010 | 12 CommentsIt’s Friday, so take some creative time for yourself and write a haiku. The Rules: Haiku consist of three lines. The first line has 5 syllables. The second line has...
Star Anna and the Laughing Dogs—Your New Favorite Band
Posted on July 29, 2010 | 5 CommentsYou may not have heard of Star Anna yet, but you will. And if you have and have been fortunate enough to see them live, you know how damn lucky...
Nurse Jackie: on Sinners who are also Saints
Posted on July 28, 2010 | No CommentsEdie Falco, best known for her role as Carmela Soprano, stars in the Showtime television series Nurse Jackie. In the pilot (which aired on June 8, 2009 and was Showtimes...
Orthodontia
Posted on July 27, 2010 | 4 CommentsI am convinced that had I not had the meddlesome and sausage-like fingers of one Dr. Blackwood in my mouth at the age of 13, my face would work better...
Meditative Acts
Posted on July 23, 2010 | 7 CommentsSummertime, and the livin’ is easy…but the meditatin’ ain’t. At least, not for me. Wait, let’s back up a minute. (See? Lack of focus. That’s part of my problem.) Barton...
On Media: Of Molehills and Mountains
Posted on July 21, 2010 | No CommentsThe graph below charts the relative intensity of media scare stories on everything from the Millennium Bug to violent video games to the swine flue to killer wasps. Wonder why...Panic Politics
Posted on July 20, 2010 | 4 CommentsIf ever a town earned the right to perpetual panic, New Orleans is it. The people of New Orleans face the economic and environmental consequences of the BP oil spill...
Compassion in Coppell
Posted on July 19, 2010 | 2 CommentsThis post originally appeared here. My thanks to Glenn W. Smith for allowing me to re-post it here on Dog Canyon. With a heavy heart, I took to the airwaves...