Word: nesting
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...rises to a new level with “Dreamer,” which is dedicated to a single mom whose baby has a no-good father. Slug sounds like he’s borrowing from a LIfetime special: she “worked it and built her own nest to live.” With working-class hero lines like “she still dreams after she woke,” Slug could have easily been writing songs for Marianne Faithfull. It’s surprising, then, that Marianne Faithfull may be the only artist in history whose...
...Cirque Lodge treatment center in Utah. The Lodge has also treated Burton-grad Mary-Kate Olsen for anorexia and purported cocaine addiction.Now a deep breath.Ragging on child stars is easy, and there are many more with similar or worse stories. But with so many coming from the same nest, any logical thinker is prone to ask, “What’s up?”My favorite line from the Burton obituary quotes a 1984 People Magazine interview with the agent: “I hate to say it, but kids are pieces of meat...
...Your nest egg doesn't have to suffer a similar fate. Any time turmoil strikes the market and your notional allies--in this case, banks and bond-rating agencies and bond insurers that are supposed to backstop you--fail in their duty and leave you, well, dogless, it's a good time to take a good look at what you own. In this sense, says Guy Cumbie, a financial planner in Fort Worth, Texas, "anything that stress-tests your portfolio and gets you to pay attention to the level of risk you are taking is a good thing...
...just as calculating about his career choices. "He was offered a stupendous amount of money to continue to do Roseanne," the sitcom he was on for 11 episodes, says his dad Nick Clooney. "I was thinking he could build a little nest egg and maybe acting would pay off after all. He said, 'No, I'll be in a cul-de-sac. I'll be that guy, and that's all I'll be.'" He pitched sitcom pilots and dramas and eventually won an Oscar nomination for co-writing the original screenplay for Good Night, and Good Luck. He makes...
...Book: “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” by Ken Kesey