I caught the tag end of The Natural this afternoon, after eating KFC with the family to celebrate my niece’s 16th birthday (I got her a movie coupon book. She loved it.). I am a long-standing baseball fan, I like Redford just fine, the rest of the cast (Basinger, Brimley, Close, Duvall) is wonderful, and …
Sorenstam misses cut;
Ah, but aren’t viewers and readers now blessed with a whole new world of hot competition through cable and the Internet? That’s the shucks-we’re-no-monopolists line that Rupert Murdoch will take today in testimony before the pussycats of John McCain’s Senate Commerce Committee. The answer is no. Many artists, consumers, musicians and journalists know that such …
A Congressional aide said White House officials had made it clear that “they really must have an unequal drug benefit.” [snip] Under Mr. Bush’s proposal, people in the traditional Medicare program would receive drug discount cards and protection against very high drug expenses. People in private plans would get comprehensive drug benefits worth about twice …
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News item: Reebok gives LeBron James $75M shoe deal. Hey! How about us office workers? My chair is made by Global Industries, but I could be persuaded to switch to Herman Miller. I’d use Steelcase quite happily. The phone is from Lucent; the OS is Windows. Guys? Guys! I’m over here! Sign me up!
By virtue of being the widow of a retired Navy officer, my mother is eligible for free prescription drugs. To get a new prescription filled, I have to go up to Tripler Army Medical Center (as oddly painted a hospital as you’ll ever see–click the link). Shortly after September 11 I had occasion to go …
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Spruance Road, Palos Verdes Drive, Kelton Avenue, Dodson Drive, Turner Road, Cherry Avenue, Drachman Street, Water Street, Kahapili Street. What’s up with those? They are the names of the streets I’ve lived on since 1959. Before that it was mostly military bases, although there were a couple of years in Charleston, SC and in Falls …
I wonder how the Pope feels about sharing his birthday (he’s 83 today) with Dwayne Hickman (that would be Dobie Gillis; he’s 69). I don’t imply there’s any comparison between the two; the coincidence just struck me as amusing. Another milestone: Les Miserables closes today on Broadway. Know the story; never saw it (‘course, I …
The State of Hawai’i faces a $100-$400M budget deficit this year. Why then have they not cashed the income tax check I wrote to them on April 19? This is not to say it was large enough to cover the deficit, but still. I’ve had this kind of problem with checks to government agencies before, …
If an American woman has a baby boy premaritally she’s 42% more likely to marry the father than if she gives birth to a girl, according to this study. Plenty of speculation as to why that may be is included in the article; I have no opinion. More baby news, coincidentally: Jacob and Emily were …