Staring at the man in the mirror
Thu, 17 May 2012 11:20:37 -0700

I guess you can only shave so many decades before you start to wonder what the meaning of life is when you stare at the man in the mirror. Ergo, I've decided to change. Because I'm known for not acting my age and refusing to accept my age and wishing I ...

Toronto Star Short Story Contest second-place winner
Thu, 17 May 2012 14:14:58 -0700

I open my eyes and Miss Maris is staring . She's trying to figure me out and she's angry that she can't. She'd be angrier to know that I know this. She looks away, and her desk and chair turn red. I close my eyes again. I'm in a field and the grass is ...

Struggle for justice at heart of Arte Americas exhibition
Thu, 17 May 2012 12:14:31 -0700

By Donald Munro - The Fresno Bee Imprisoned men penned in by barbed wire stare passively back at the viewer, their somber black-and-white worlds -- rendered in shadowy charcoal -- intensified by spare strokes of vivid red. Proud farmworkers in the ...

Vogel is Pacers' High-Confidence, Low-Profile Coach
Thu, 17 May 2012 10:27:03 -0700

The Heat are a star -studded group, led by the All-Stars Le Bron James, Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade. And the Pacers, well, a few opportunistic friendly wagers could be won by asking hoops fans who is in their starting lineup or is coaching the team.

Silents are golden for composer Beth Custer
Wed, 16 May 2012 19:55:34 -0700

On May 25, at Saratoga's Montalvo Arts Center, The Beth Custer Ensemble will perform as "My Grandmother," a 1929 Soviet Georgian film, unspools. "It's a rare film," says Custer, who was commissioned by Pacific Film Archive to compose this work.

25 Ways You Know You Are Obsessed with MMA
Thu, 17 May 2012 19:41:12 -0700

I love football, baseball and basketball as much as the next guy, but my love for those sports grew from a lifetime of watching them on television . My love for MMA grew above and beyond those sports with the exception of football in less than a decade.

Fifty Shades of Fear
Thu, 17 May 2012 12:30:05 -0700

Terrifying. I watch Dunham's Girls on Sunday nights while folding small pants the way other people stare at accidents on the 405 freeway. I seem unable not to ogle the screen and wonder what these characters will do next to hurt themselves and others.

BWI airport becomes art gallery to celebrate human rights
Thu, 17 May 2012 14:47:58 -0700

Titled "Speak Truth to Power: Voices from Beyond the Dark," the play was presented at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in 2000, broadcast on PBS and subsequently produced around the world. Since it was first displayed at Washington's Corcoran ...

A reason to stop and stare
Tue, 15 May 2012 02:00:20 -0700

"I think it reflects Salem," said Caroline Sirois, 11, as she stared at cartoon-like creatures being spray-painted in green, purple and orange by an artist up on a boom lift. "At Halloween, Salem is a really scary place.

What a Season!
Wed, 16 May 2012 23:56:48 -0700

That afternoon, we were joined by then Delta State Governor, Chief James Ibori and one other former governor I will not name. As we ate and bantered, this other governor said: "Ah, Waziri, you are going to my former school. I also attended Harvard.

Next Southeast Asia Hotspot? El Nido, Philippines (PHOTOS)
Thu, 17 May 2012 04:30:18 -0700

As you stare , your boat captain says nonchalantly in broken English, "Go ahead, you swim right in. There are two more we visit soon much like this one." In addition to the lagoons, the many islands dotting the bay are home to countless beaches of ...

Partial eclipse of the sun: Look for a ring of fire Sunday night
Thu, 17 May 2012 10:51:32 -0700

Wiggins also said just because the sun will be partially covered doesn't mean staring at it won't damage a person's eyes; in fact, he said if you can't view the eclipse safely it is better to look at pictures the next day. "Because it is an eclipse of ...

NMSU to host free event Sunday to watch solar eclipse
Wed, 16 May 2012 14:29:10 -0700

By Audry Olmsted / New Mexico State University's Department of Astronomy, along with the Astronomical Society of Las Cruces and the Las Cruces Natural History Museum, invite the public to join them in watching this stunning event ...

Kay Shames in charge at CSU's Center for Arts and Innovation: 10 Minutes With ...
Sun, 29 Apr 2012 11:41:47 -0700

After returning to Cleveland, Shames became founding director of the Center for Arts and Innovation at Cleveland State University in 2000. She spoke with PDQ's Michael Heaton. Specifically, we produce a large annual arts summit featuring important ...

Daniel dela Cruz
Thu, 17 May 2012 11:15:54 -0700

By A Web design Company "WE may choose to live life as an adventure or we may choose to merely stare beyond the door and resign ourselves to inaction; to opt to be seen or merely to view. This is how sculptor Daniel dela Cruz characterizes his one man ...

The Auto-Steer- Stare
Tue, 15 May 2012 14:49:27 -0700

They're still in the cab with their left hand on the top of the steering wheel, leaning forward staring at computer screens while their right elbow rests on their right knee and then they just stare . It's the one thing they couldn't get ready until it ...

Sendak helped kids stare down fears
Fri, 11 May 2012 16:57:03 -0700

And there is the news, on television and around the kitchen table, that a whole bunch of people in office buildings in New York City died, that a family was shot by its daddy, that there's a war on. Children know they aren't entirely safe.

Shades come off for the last time for CSI: Miami
Sun, 13 May 2012 15:43:40 -0700

Detective Horatio Caine, played by David Caruso, briefly considers the bleak Miami sun, gives an empty stare , then pans slowly to deliver a terrible, and terribly enjoyable, one-liner. It's all over. CBS has ended CSI: Miami after 10 seasons, ...

The Maldives after its coup
Thu, 17 May 2012 08:19:23 -0700

With a firm handshake, a dapper red tie and a straight-in-the-eye stare , he says he would cheerily go to the polls tomorrow if only he were not blocked from doing so by the constitution of the sprawling archipelago, and by some regrettably reluctant ...

The Haystack: Nightmare in Paris
Thu, 17 May 2012 21:09:20 -0700

I always say that if you need a self-confidence boost, go sit in the DMV for half an hour and you'll come out feeling like a frigen movie star . Now I also say that if you want to wipe out your self-confidence, go stand on the streets of Paris for five ...