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Has it really been 10 years since Viagra burst onto the scene and into the medicine cabinets of American men? A look back at the medical/cultural phenomenon that’s resurrected late-life sex and provided endless fodder for late-night comedians. Little blue pill. The nickname is synonymous with the medical breakthrough, financial cash cow and cultural phenomenon […]
Continue ReadingTypewriters are back. People young and old are shunning the distractions of modern computers in favor of the old manual machines. Last year Jim Bouchard, then aged 18, found himself temporarily living in the basement of a friend after his parents had been forced to move away from town. His possessions were all stored in […]
Continue ReadingThirty years after the feminist movement spurred women to keep their maiden names, women are choosing to hold on to these names for a different reason – to preserve their ethnic identities. Cara August has always enjoyed her identity as a self-described “mutt.” On St. Patrick’s Day, August says, she embraces her mother’s Irish ethnicity. […]
Continue ReadingIXeo releases IX-world, the free travel planner with direct access to hotel suppliers from all global markets without intermediary charges… Users can finally go online to free search and plan a complete itinerary using intuitive travel planning & booking functionality. The travel planner allows mixing and matching of relevant travel & destination information around member […]
Continue ReadingHeather Mills has been awarded £24.3m in her divorce settlement with estranged husband Sir Paul McCartney… Speaking outside London’s High Court, Ms Mills said she was “glad it’s over” and “it was an incredible result to secure mine and my daughter’s future”. However, the High Court judge who presided over the Mills-McCartney divorce battle accused […]
Continue ReadingBuying diamonds is now a matter of conscience, not just taste and deep-pockets. Since agreements now assure that most diamonds come from non-conflict zones, activists also want buyers to consider human rights abuses, low wages, slave labor and a host of other egregious practices that still take place in non-conflict mining countries. On posh Madison […]
Continue ReadingNovice and professional cooks alike are snapping up strange and specialized kitchen contraptions, but do they really need lettuce knives, shrimp deveiners and avocado slicers? For years, Wendy Ries of Saskatchewan, Canada, would chop up lettuce for salads, miffed that the left-over end of the lettuce head would inevitably turn partly brown. Convinced the lettuce […]
Continue ReadingAs the number of self-professed nonbelievers grows in America, so do the requests for a funeral which accurately reflects their disbelief. When August Brunsman IV attended a memorial service for his friend Larry Reyka in Columbus, Ohio, a few years ago, he wasn’t put off by being asked to take part in a kazoo-filled requiem […]
Continue ReadingFor many career lawyers, poetry isn’t simply a weekend hobby; it’s a second calling. For many poets of the past, playing the bard has often been something of a sideline. Fourteenth-century griots of the Mali Empire were not just poets but also musicians, as well as counselors of warrior kings. Celtic poets were also image […]
Continue Readingmosimage} While most graffiti artists search for high-tech paints to make their tags stand out forever, some are borrowing tools from Mother Nature to make a greener mark, using biodegradable markers and living materials. { From a distance, it seems like a little bunny in silhouette, its ears perked in unison, or a turkey with […]
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