Dowbrigade

Children
in Brazil thought Christmas had come early when a tanker truck overturned
and lost its cargo of liquid chocolate.
Youngsters – and some adults – feasted on the chocolate which covered
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A federal
appeals court ruled unanimously today that voting on whether to recall
Gov. Gray Davis of California should proceed as scheduled on Oct. 7.
The photo shows the older punch-card voting machines in use in L.A. and
other heavily [...]

Wipe that milk mustache
from your upper lip and check out this disturbing bit of video from
Atomic Age Dog. You may never feel the same about Elsie again. That
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Who knew?
The Dowrigade has been feeling withdrawn, morose and dogmatic,
while Norma Yvonne
has been quite friendly and reckless. I thought it had to do with
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Prosecutorial
pit bull John Ashcroft, obviously with time on his hands despite the
war on terrorism, the fight for the Patriot Act, and the ongoing proceedings
against current miscreants, has been delving into the [...]

Before the pizza shop on Cape Cod there were years spent
in a Bosnian city infamous for its violent ethnic cleansing and concentration
camps. Then last year, amid the rebuilding that followed the carnage and
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Here they are, the darlings, bright-eyed and raring to go. Things
went as well as can be expected this morning, on Day 1. They are all
so precocious and eager to impress each other, and me. I love teaching
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