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July 21st, 2002
Being Happy with the Things You Own
Once upon a time, I owned one bowl and one spoon. I carried them from meal to meal?eating, washing, drying - and allotted them their own shelf in my otherwise empty cupboard. It was a ...
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July 18th, 2002
You feel for Moses. He walks through the desert for forty years leading his Jewish people to the Promised Land, and in the end, he never gets to live there.
Move the scene a few thousand ...
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July 18th, 2002
The sad reality of garbage and cities
Toronto stinks. Or at least it has since June 26, when the 6800 City of Toronto Outside Workers went on strike . This means that, until union and employer agree on a new contract, garbage ...
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July 5th, 2002
The Importance of Being Real
At the movies, do you stay until all the credits have rolled by?
Everyone knows that behind-the-scenes folks in the movie industry get the short end of the stick. Directors and producers are ...
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July 1st, 2002
There's only one thing worse than waking to a blaring alarm clock five days a week, flailing away at traffic, flailing away at co-workers, flailing away at management, peeling Saran Wrap away from warmish tuna ...
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June 29th, 2002
I've been listening to the stories of young immigrants lately.
To me they sound to me a lot like the classic tales of the spiritual journey of life. Not so religious really, but they are all ...
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June 19th, 2002
Where did those pesky wedding traditions come from?
Summer's here and weddings abound. While there's nothing wrong with love, there's plenty amiss with weddings. It's a pressure cooker. Bride and groom are attacked with advice and guided towards pricey options. Money vanishes. Fights ...
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June 17th, 2002
The Ups and Downs of Natural Family Planning
In my budding feminist years, Natural Family Planning seemed as useful as tossing a grenade into a dance hall and hoping no one would get hit. It was birth control at its most non-existent: a ...
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June 5th, 2002
"Do not bother to adjust your (TV) set. We control the vertical. We control the horizontal."
-cheesy , deep-voiced narrator on "The Outer Limits."
Ever see that old show, "The Outer Limits"? Basically, it's a poor man's ...
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June 4th, 2002
A response to the bishops' recent proposals on the sexual abuse crisis
After reviewing the latest proposals from the U.S. Catholic bishops, I was pleasantly surprised with many of their recommendations. However, the writers of this document still don't get it.
Don't get me wrong, many of the ...
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