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"X-Men: First Class"
During one of more dramatic scenes in the movie, as Charles Xavier tells Erik Lehnsherr, "You are not alone," Mel bumps me with her elbow and points an open bag of Fritos toward my face. Utterly, modernly charming. -
Upthegrove's Noose
A reader's response to a white supremacist getting three years' prison for mailing a noose to Lima NAACP president Jason Upthegrove. It begins with a quotation from Upthegrove:
" These despicable acts are attempts to destroy the people and their families who lived through these horrors"....Tell us uppittygrove exactly what "horrors" you've lived ( Read more... ) -
From "The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid"
"That's the way of the world, of course. Possessions get discarded. Life moves on. But I often think what a shame it is that we didn't keep the things that made us different and special and attractive in the fifties. Imagine those palatial downtown movie theaters with their vast screens and Egyptian decor, but thrillingly enlivened with Dolby sound ( Read more... ) -
Nazi mixup
On Monday, while scouring The Ohio Book Store for a choice read, I found "Wermacht," a visual history of the German army during World War II. Knowing my co-worker Tyrel was a WWII buff and collector, I scanned the price, determined it was a good buy and delivered it to his desk the next day ( Read more... )
