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There ought to be a law protecting ... everyone

2:16 PM Tue, Mar 25, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Jack Perry    Email

Lawmakers in Massachusetts are considering a bill that would punish people with up to a year in jail for discriminating against short people and fat people. Among the bill's supporters are a 420-pound woman who says she wasn't hired because......

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Was that a come-hither or a get-lost look?

3:48 PM Fri, Mar 21, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Jack Perry    Email

Good news, guys. Those women who pass us on the street or in the hall without acknowledging our existence aren't snobs. They're just playing it safe. They also probably think that we're idiots, and we'll misinterpret the slightest friendly gesture,......

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Maine: The land of tasty lobsters and giant snowwomen

3:29 PM Tue, Mar 18, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Jack Perry    Email

Associated Press photo Maine Sen. Olympia Snowe looks like she could be saying, "If you don't like my politics, you can take it up with my friend here." Her friend, also named Olympia in honor of the senator, is......

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Cellphones cleared, passengers indicted by brain study

11:29 AM Fri, Mar 14, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Jack Perry    Email

Cellphones aren't the problem. It's the people who use the cellphones. Or, more specifically, it's people who insist on talking to us, whether it's by cellphone or not, while we're trying to drive. The physical act of juggling the cellphone......

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To the victor goes a wet, whiskery kiss

11:43 AM Thu, Mar 13, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Jack Perry    Email

(Photo by Bob Hallinen/Anchorage Daily.) Musher Lance Mackey gets a kiss from his lead dog, Hansom, after winning the 2008 Iditarod race yesterday in Nome, Alaska. After spending more than nine days in the Alaska wilderness and covering more......

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Was Mary Ann really caught with Mary Jane?

3:36 PM Tue, Mar 11, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Jack Perry    Email

I always thought Mary Ann was the good girl on Gilligan's Island. Now, thanks to this shocking photograph from the Teton County, Idaho, Sheriff's Department, I wonder if I've been all wrong about Mary Ann. She's apparently been engaging......

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An ordinance that gives paws

3:23 PM Mon, Mar 10, 2008 | | Comments (1)
By Karen Bordeleau    Email

Maybe people are finally catching on about cats. They're not cuddly little pets, after all. They're vicious killers. In Boulder, Colo., a city official is advocating an ordinance that would require cat owners to keep their pets indoors so they......

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Impress your friends, take home a triceratops

9:44 AM Mon, Mar 10, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Jack Perry    Email

Associated Press photo This 24-foot-long triceratops skeleton, displayed at Christie's auction house in Paris, is expected to bring $736,000 when it goes on auction April 16th. That estimate sounds way too low. I've got to think there's more than......

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Is vacuuming really good foreplay?

3:06 PM Thu, Mar 06, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Jack Perry    Email

The headlines are enough to catch a guy's eye: 'Men who do housework may get more sex,' and 'Best foreplay is husband who cleans house.' The headlines tout research suggesting that men help more with the housework than we did......

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Winter isn't over, the forecast calls for more bacteria

10:42 AM Wed, Mar 05, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Jack Perry    Email

Associated Press A dirty snow scene? Don't look now, but there's bacteria in the forecast this weekend. It doesn't look like it will be anywhere near as bad as the eight inches of bacteria that brought the state to......

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Would you let these storks carry your baby?

10:48 AM Tue, Mar 04, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Jack Perry    Email

AP photo These two storks, photographed in Amareleja, Portugal, are looking down at the remains of their nest and apparently trying to figure out why it collapsed. Considering where these storks decided to build their home, I hope they're......

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Why is it surprising when moms brawl at a kids' birthday party?

10:10 AM Mon, Mar 03, 2008 | | Comments (1)
By Jack Perry    Email

This is a story that was bound to happen. The Associated Press reports that a birthday party at a Chuck E. Cheese restaurant in Natick, Mass., was cut short this weekend when two mothers started fighting. The mothers will be......

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