| February 19th, 2004 Or, How I Cleaned My Way to Cosmic Harmony I'd been cleaning for weeks. It started the week before Thanksgiving; I had nine coming for Thanksgiving dinner and was damned if I didn't have a clean and organized ... |
| February 17th, 2004 A February Salute to the Under-Appreciated Wives of Our Presidents Mrs. America Attractive, hospitable, gracious—eager volunteers. This is the traditional image of the First Lady of the United States.Since there is no official job description for the wife ... |
| February 17th, 2004 Why The Apprentice Is the Best New Show on TV I never thought that I'd find a spiritual lesson in a show run by Donald Trump, but The Apprentice ... |
| February 9th, 2004 Wanting More from Music (and Less Boob on the Tube) While flipping through my car stereo recently, I was shocked to hear Nelly say the F-word in his most recent song.Me and NellyI'm not anti-Nelly. We did a movie together. Really. It's called "Snipes." ... |
| January 27th, 2004 Prodded Beyond My Chocolate Martinis It was the last week of December when a co-worker came bearing delectable treats like cheesecake, cookies, and tarts."Our department can't eat another bite," she groaned. I groaned right back. "Thanks, but we've been pigging ... |
| January 20th, 2004 Sport for Its Own Sake Despite the Hype It rumbles near. The playoffs have ended, and the "Event," the "All" soon arrives, on February 1st, only the second time the Super Bowl has been played ... |
| January 16th, 2004 The Riveting but Overcooked "House of Sand and Fog" "Some dreams can't be shared," warns the tagline for "House of Sand and Fog." And thus the ominous stage is set for dreams to collide: those of Kathy Nicolo (Jennifer Connelly) ... |
| January 9th, 2004 A Cincinnati Native Takes Their Favorite Son to Task In November of 2002, baseball's all-time hits leader had the following conversation with the commissioner of baseball, Bud Selig:"Yes, sir, I did bet on baseball," Pete Rose said during the meeting, ... |
| January 4th, 2004 An Unexpected Bond Turns Everything Around in The Cooler For years, self-help books have asserted that your thoughts influence your reality?that if you schlep through life feeling like a loser, the energies of the universe will make you a loser.In ... |
| January 3rd, 2004 Do you think same-sex marriages will be made legal in your lifetime? |