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Looking at your retirement plan’s quarterly statements these days is enough to drive you to leap off a cliff. The sunset of retirement is now further away than it was just a few months ago, and an economic storm is still on the horizon. But instead of jumping to your death,
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Looking at your retirement plan’s quarterly statements these days is enough to drive you to leap off a cliff. The sunset of retirement is now further away than it was just a few months ago, and an economic storm is still on the horizon. But instead of jumping to your death,
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OK, let's just get this out of the way. Bennett Thurmon is one of the nicest, community-minded people in the South Sound. That isn't hyperbole or a writer's way to get around writing a lead before getting into the heart of the story. It is the truth. The National Academy
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OK, let's just get this out of the way. Bennett Thurmon is one of the nicest, community-minded people in the South Sound. That isn't hyperbole or a writer's way to get around writing a lead before getting into the heart of the story. It is the truth. The National Academy
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There aren’t a lot of plays about blind folks, and the ones that have blind characters — or those with any other sort of condition that makes them differently abled — usually relegate these roles to secondary characters who add flavor to the overall story. They are the parsley on
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There aren’t a lot of plays about blind folks, and the ones that have blind characters — or those with any other sort of condition that makes them differently abled — usually relegate these roles to secondary characters who add flavor to the overall story. They are the parsley on
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A friend of mine currently living on the East Coast wrote me last week to say that he attended his first “pink slip” party, which is apparently all the rage on that side of the continent these days. Recently laid-off workers in the real estate, banking and professional services industries are
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A friend of mine currently living on the East Coast wrote me last week to say that he attended his first “pink slip” party, which is apparently all the rage on that side of the continent these days. Recently laid-off workers in the real estate, banking and professional services industries are
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The works of William Shakespeare are often not particularly accessible to younger audiences because of the arcane language and the complicated plotlines and story twists. There have been countless efforts to bring the shows to new audiences, and they all have had varying degrees of success. One troupe in the successful
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The works of William Shakespeare are often not particularly accessible to younger audiences because of the arcane language and the complicated plotlines and story twists. There have been countless efforts to bring the shows to new audiences, and they all have had varying degrees of success. One troupe in the successful
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There are few comedians who can keep my attention for more than about half an hour. Robin Williams, for example, is one funny dude in short spurts, but his high-energy, scatterbrained shtick gets older than Nina Hartley flicks after about 20 minutes. Sure, he gets flashed in the limelight much
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There are few comedians who can keep my attention for more than about half an hour. Robin Williams, for example, is one funny dude in short spurts, but his high-energy, scatterbrained shtick gets older than Nina Hartley flicks after about 20 minutes. Sure, he gets flashed in the limelight much
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It is only fitting that as Lakewood Playhouse stages plays for its 70th season it should go old school with one of its works. Such is the case with its current production. The community theater is staging Macbeth, the William Shakespeare tale of murder, betrayal, blind ambition and the state of
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It is only fitting that as Lakewood Playhouse stages plays for its 70th season it should go old school with one of its works. Such is the case with its current production. The community theater is staging Macbeth, the William Shakespeare tale of murder, betrayal, blind ambition and the state of
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Tacoma is a weird town theatrically speaking. I often wonder how is it that theatergoers can be cultured enough to spend their hard-earned money on theater and then walk out because they are offended by what they see. There weren’t a lot of intermission walkouts at the production of Even Cowgirls
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Tacoma is a weird town theatrically speaking. I often wonder how is it that theatergoers can be cultured enough to spend their hard-earned money on theater and then walk out because they are offended by what they see. There weren’t a lot of intermission walkouts at the production of Even Cowgirls
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Mid and late October offers some great time for beer lovers since it brings a larger collection of seasonal beers to local taps than any other time of the year. See, first there are the wheat and harvest ales that make their way to mugs starting in late September and
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Mid and late October offers some great time for beer lovers since it brings a larger collection of seasonal beers to local taps than any other time of the year. See, first there are the wheat and harvest ales that make their way to mugs starting in late September and
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Mid and late October offers some great time for beer lovers since it brings a larger collection of seasonal beers to local taps than any other time of the year. See, first there are the wheat and harvest ales that make their way to mugs starting in late September and
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Mid and late October offers some great time for beer lovers since it brings a larger collection of seasonal beers to local taps than any other time of the year. See, first there are the wheat and harvest ales that make their way to mugs starting in late September and
