Archive for November, 2009
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Some days I tend to brood a lot about the State of Things, and I sometimes…
Some days I tend to brood a lot about the State of Things, and I sometimes wonder whether we are in more danger from the corruption or from the stupid. There’s just a lot of the stupid going around these days, and I won’t mention the most obvious one because…
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Anthology review: ‘Mentors, Muses & Monsters’
Mentors, Muses & Monsters 30 Writers on the People Who Changed Their Lives Edited by Elizabeth Benedict (Free Press; 278 pages; $24.99) Rumors of literature’s death have been greatly (OK, slightly) exaggerated. Ditto recent proclamations that the anthology is…
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Horse foundation begins Swayze scholarship
The Arabian Horse Foundation has established a scholarship in honor of late actor Patrick Swayze and his wife, who both owned Arabian horses and competed in shows for several years. The foundation is the charitable arm of the Arabian Horse Association based…
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Ansel Adams’ ‘Moonrise’ print to be auctioned
An early print of an iconic Ansel Adams photograph is going up for auction in New York City for an estimated $350,000 to $450,000. The Dec. 8 sale of 1948’s “Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico” is at Swann Auction Galleries. The print is signed and inscribed to…
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‘The Big Burn,’ by Timothy Egan
The Big Burn Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire That Saved America Timothy Egan (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; 324 pages; $27) Call it irony, or fate or coincidence, but not long ago, right around the time Timothy Egan’s impressive, impassioned new book, “The Big…
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New on DVD
Feature: “A Christmas Tale” (2008), “Into the Storm” (2009), “Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian” (2009), “Terminator Salvation” (2009) Television: “The Donna Reed Show: Season Three” (1960), “Mental: The Complete First Season” (2009), “Mystery…
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Singer Chris Brown to tell all on ‘20/20′
ABC says Chris Brown will appear on its “20/20″ newsmagazine Dec. 11. In what’s billed as an in-depth interview, the singer will discuss his assault of ex-girlfriend and recording superstar Rihanna in February. He is on probation for the beating. Robin…
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Marathoner has run every day since Jan. 1, 1997
In September, Karen Queally, 57, a physical therapist who lives in San Bruno, won the Yonkers Marathon for her age group. What matters more is that it was her 100th finish of the 26.2-mile distance. Why: I love to run on asphalt, and when you run in the…
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