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Most of us have fond memories of Easter egg hunts. Crawling through the grass on our hands and knees, scanning under park benches for glimpses of colored plastic, being shoved by some clambering kid who stole all the eggs we had clearly seen first—yes, those were the innocent days when we didn’t know or care about the essentially pagan origins of this holy day ritual...

Author: By Michelle L. Quach | Title: Hunting for Happiness in Easter Eggs | 4/12/2009 | See Source »

...vacation bill. For the first time in his life, James has to find a job. No self-indulgent European jaunt for him—just Pittsburgh, tiny paychecks and “the work of pathetic, lazy morons.” James despises his job at Adventureland Amusement Park, but his summer brightens when he meets smart, funny co-worker Em Lewin (Kristen Stewart, “Twilight”). The film tries to tackle more adult themes, such as true love and marital fidelity, but it retains a high school level of maturity in which boner jokes and punches...

Author: By William P. Hennrikus, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Adventureland | 4/10/2009 | See Source »

...difference between rats and human beings is that rats learn from experience. Excess will be back. It's just lying low until the storm passes. William Shallcross, WINTER PARK...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 4/9/2009 | See Source »

...taxi on the way to the Park Hyatt hotel in Washington, where he was making a presentation to a bank-industry group, Zandi turned to the driver. "How's business?" he asked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Economist Mark Zandi: The Recession's Hot Wonk | 4/9/2009 | See Source »

...quite good at it,” Cao rose in the Australian junior ranks, becoming the No. 1 junior Australian player in 2006. One of Cao’s crowning moments came that same year, when she played for the third time at the junior Australian Open at Melborune Park and raised her ranking to No. 699 in the world. “That was really awesome because I played for three years straight at Melbourne Park,” Cao said. “We were playing the second week and we would have meals where all the professionals...

Author: By Alex Sopko, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Cao Makes Herself Home at Harvard | 4/9/2009 | See Source »

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