05-11-2008
For every girl who has talked herself into starving so she can be 'beautiful'
For every woman who has had to listen to another woman tell her she's too frumpy, too fat, not glam enough
And for every guy who got himself all hot 'n bothered over a supermodel's image — and then thought his girlfriend was plain — here's someone you should meet.
05-11-2008
Where Anthony feels pressure, Natalie finds comfort. Where Natalie sees a blessing, Anthony sees only the burden that he simply cannot wait to be rid of if only the opportunity would present itself. Sex for teenagers can be the defining wedge issue that turns young men into liars and forces girls to keep secrets from even their best friends.
05-11-2008
What Melissa Wembley lacks in vision, she more than makes up for in imagination. Pushing a rusted two-wheeled cart loaded with trailing purple petunias, narrow-leafed zinnias and hot-pink begonias around B & B Nursery, Wembley can see the beautiful outdoor showplace her yard will soon become
soon as she finds her checkbook.
05-11-2008
I fear the sod may have been the final straw. 'Course if that didn't do it, the four busted bags of wet composted manure left in the trunk over an especially warm weekend are sure to.
05-11-2008
Anniston's Lisa Gardner recently spent eight days with her son, Zane Wheeler, his girlfriend, Meridy Farmer, and Lisa's 'precious grand-dog' Maska. Zane and Meridy are wildlife biology majors-turned-ski instructors (bums) at Big Sky Resort in Montana.
05-11-2008
A Remarkable Mother is an attempt by author Jimmy Carter, 39th president of the United States, to illustrate the extraordinary life of his mother, Miss Lillian Carter. It appears to have been written as a belated gesture of love from the son, Jimmy, to his mother, Miss Lillian.
05-11-2008
Rick Bragg has mellowed. It's been a decade since he began recounting his life in and around Jacksonville. All Over but the Shoutin' paid loving tribute to his mother Margaret, who, despite poverty and a bad marriage, made a life for her three sons.
05-11-2008
There's something intensely spiritual about The O. Henry Prize Stories 2008. The stories selected are those you cannot touch, and yet despite their distance, the emotion each piece evokes is personal and transcendent. As with any spiritual journey, significant conflict is built into all the works.
05-11-2008
It's not that Jeff Probst seems out of place in a metropolis like New York. It's just that, after hosting 16 seasons of CBS' Survivor since 2000, he's more readily identified with various brands of wilderness half-a-world away.
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