Word: craig
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...Craig Gillespie's direction is a little too attentive to the physical drabness of the setting, the slow pulse of north-country life, the locals' constipated cordiality. The story is a Lake Wobegon anecdote that Garrison Keillor would have told in 20 minutes, with a defter comic sense and more laughs. Even the movie's title could use some editing. Why not just Lars' Girl...
...Craig should be ashamed of himself. Casual sexual encounters, lies, and a remarkable lack of self-knowledge. I’m not talking about the senator. I’m talking about Craig Newmark, the eponymous Craig of craigslist.org...
...answer, for some, is obvious. Many, like Senator Craig, lead public lives in conflict with their private desires. Many are married. Some are married couples who want someone to come to their home dressed as a cat. (“Please state in your response why you believe that you are qualified for this position,” ends the post, somewhat surprisingly.) But for others, like the scrawny, white, and heavily tattooed “Mr. Cool Ice,” there is a simpler reason. They don’t want to appear pathetic. And at least among...
...assumptions of Craigslist, what makes it so amusing for the rest of us, is that everyone is taking himself seriously. When people start posting or responding flippantly, the whole model unravels. Anonymity in expression fails to coincide with anonymity in action—as in the case of Senator Craig. If the other occupant of the bathroom had been taking things seriously, Craig might well be known for nothing more than his approval of Homeland Security appropriations...
...year, from 34 in 2006 to 54 this year (the worst year for such killings was 1975, when there were 99 deaths in the same period). Not only are officer shootings up, but the number of multiple deaths is also on the rise this year, says memorial fund president Craig Floyd. In the first nine months of 2007 there were six cases of more than one officer gunned down during the same shooting spree, up from just one in all of last year...