Thirty- something speaks
The birds and the fleas
Mike Maddock
      Dogs do things to each other. They don't really care who's watching, and they don't bother to seek the privacy of a hotel room or even a doghouse. Dogs sniff things and lick things. They even take practice runs at other things. This behavior is completely normal and expected.
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It's not a criticism, it's an observation.
Stop the idiotic commercials
Mike Cox
      If you watched any TV during the college bowl season or the NFLplayoffs, you've seen it. Three typically spoiled 2008 vintage American kids. A mid- level teenage girl talking on the phone, a boy just reaching puberty playing a hand held video game, and both are bothered by a pesky younger brother.
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Classmates battle over treasure
      Renée and Rainwater have been best friends since high school. That was over 25 years ago. Today, Rainwater runs a small contracting business. He's married and has two children in college. Renée never married. Instead, she became a successful CPA and runs a tax service in a medium- sized...
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Nuf sed
     The plants on the corner of the entrance to student parking at Dreher High School have been planted.
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