Name: Murphy
Weblog: www.murphyhorner.com
Articles: 293
First Published: Wednesday, September 18, 2002
Last Published: Friday, November 3, 2006
Currently listing articles 293-251:
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California Politics Cut the Fat— Bustamante doesn't want to be insurance commissioner. He wants to be the Richard Simmons of the new millennium.
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Book Review: Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire— I definitely underestimated this book.
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TV Review: The Red Green Show— It’s a nice change to have a truly entertaining show that’s utterly clean. Comedy that’s not shocking? That takes talent.
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Book Review: Women in Love by D.H. Lawrence— "Lawrence maintained that it was his finest work." I can tell that it fishes deep into the spirit of the time.
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Reflections on the LA Immigration Protests— Half a million people gathered to be heard on immigration. But King Kong is released on DVD this week!
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Book Review: Down and Out in Paris and London by George Orwell— Orwell gives exactly the sort of detail I would ask for if it were a friend of mine telling me their story over a drink.
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Book Review: Walkin' the Dog by Walter Mosley— A man, recently released from prison, struggles with crime and the things he knows.
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Sniff…Our Little Internet Is Growing Up— Others started the Internet... the World Wide Web. It’s my Internet. I’ll share it, but it is mine like the air I breathe.
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Valley of the Shadows— Fight the powers that be! I'm talking about non-conformity!
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Play Review: The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare— There are a lot of funny moments. But the scene where Kate begs the servant for food did not make me laugh.
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CD Review: Like a Virgin : Old School Madonna— The big M has a new album coming out, and the slathery reviews for it all say something like 'She's gone back to her dance
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Naming Conventions— ...
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Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris— ...
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Christmas Eve dinner— ...
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A Gene Autry Christmas— ...
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Talking and Listening-- The Art of Conversation by Benedetta Craveri, translated from the Italian by Teresa Waugh— ...
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CD Review: Jam On This! The Best of Newcleus— No school like the old school...
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How To Build A Sandbox With Wheels For Easier Ostrich Travel— ...
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TV Review: Once Upon a Mattress— It started out as an off-Broadway musical...
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We Must Cultivate Our Garden— ...some thoughts on Candide, by Voltaire.
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Judging Amy and the weirdness of re-runs— ...
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Book Review: Child of my Heart by Alice McDermott— ...
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Review - Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden— It's basically a kind of 20th century regency romance, set in Japan.
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South of the Border, West of the Sun by Haruki Murakami— This one might be the most realistic book of his I've read. Nothing happened that was outside the range of natural life. His descriptions of
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Bill the Chimp!— Bill wandered off Thursday night after vandals cut a hole in his cage, officials said.
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Song to Destroy Towns By— ...
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Book Review: A Widow for One Year by John Irving— ...
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Review: Dragonwyck— ...
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Report from Ozzfest 2005— ...
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Book Review: Misadventures in the (213) by Dennis Hensley— ...
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Book Review: Gilgamesh— If you can't get this on the audio version, read it out loud. Gilgamesh was meant to be heard.
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Mix-a-lot hits the Target— ...
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For the sporty Islamic woman— ...
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Underlying Causes of Famine— Famine is a complex problem with complex solutions but it is not inevitable and blaming the victims will not bring us closer to solution.
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Bobo the Clown— ...
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Killing with Kindness— ...
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Review: The Closer - WE LOVE YOU KYRA!— ...
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How to Have an Open-minded Discussion Regarding Deeply Held Convictions— Murphy has some ideas for maintaining a civilized conversation...
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Pseudo Patrician Non-Humanitarians— ...
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The Iliad translated by Martin Hammond— THIS is the BEST translation. Let me tell you. I bought this copy in the Royal Museum in London.
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Book Review: The Wind Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami— ...
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Book Review: The Death Ship by B Traven— ...
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Squandering Aimlessly by David Brancaccio— ...
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