Category: MISC
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The Book of Mormon: A Cringe-Worthy Yet Uplifting Musical Comedy
In order to attend a performance of The Book of Mormon, it pays if you’re a South Park fan, or at least very familiar with the outrageous animated comedy. I shudder to think of the reactions to the play for those not so initiated. My wife and I just enjoyed the 26th season of South…
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The Olympics Are Here Again! Beijing Makes History
Double axel, salchow, and the triple lutz. I don’t follow figure skating regularly, but as a marquee event of the Winter Olympics, I get familiar with these jumps again every four years. Prefer more dangerous, even death-defying athletic pursuits? Two Words. Ski Jumping. Or Downhill Skiing? Who can forget Austrian Hermann Maier’s high-flying crash at…
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Where Were You 20 Years Ago on 9-11?
Note: This article originally appeared in the L.A. Times special section on September 11, 2002 commemorating the one-year anniversary of 9-11. September 11, 2001 9:45 a.m. Eastern Standard Time “Ladies and Gentlemen, this is the captain speaking. We are being diverted to Halifax, Nova Scotia by order of U.S. air traffic control. We will be…
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Let’s Cheer for the Olympics…This Year More Than Ever
Note: This article was originally written for a local newsletter prior to the 2008 Olympics. I updated it to reflect the upcoming Tokyo Olympics. Tokyo will host the Olympic Games this summer for the second time (1964, the first). It’s been eight years of planning and billions of dollars to bring them to fruition. But…