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...faster, more versatile version of the film, came out in 1961, making it even more appealing to the point-and-shoot generation. Super 8, a low-speed fine-grain Kodachrome movie film, was released in 1965 - and was used to film seemingly every wedding, beach holiday and backyard barbecue for the next decade. (Aficionados can check out the opening credits of the '80s coming-of-age drama The Wonder Years for a quick hit of nostalgia.) When Paul Simon sang, "Mama, don't take my Kodachrome away" in 1973, Kodak was still expanding its Kodachrome line, and it was hard...
...Father's Day weekend, while dads were playing catch with their sons and preparing the backyard barbecue, women rushed to theaters to see a romantic comedy with a female star. The Proposal, with Sandra Bullock as a Canadian publishing exec who must marry her harried male assistant in order to stay in the U.S., whacked the opposition and topped the North American box office. In doing so, it outran the industry swamis' predictions, confounded movie critics (like this one) who thought it was simply more Bullock mediocrity and showed that teenage guys don't determine every...
That's what I try to do. There are definitely pitfalls. When I had two pigs in my backyard, of course there were issues with the smell. Maybe I took it a little too far in that instance. But for the most part it tends to be a pretty happy experience. (Read "Inner-City Farms...
chickens • increase in backyard raising of, to the general dismay of next-door neighbors...
...addressing climate change reflects the perception that it is way down the road and only affects remote parts of the planet," says Jane Lubchenco, head of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which contributed to the study. "This report demonstrates that climate change is happening now and in our backyard...