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...Sometimes when people spill about their spirituality, it's because it's a new discovery: 'Oh, my God, I'm born again,'"> says Carrey's Number 23 co-star Virginia Madsen. "But this is something he really lives. Stand-up comics are usually kind of morose and dark people. But Jim is really funny. And he enjoys other people's sense of humor as well." Madsen said that between sets, he cracked people up with stories about when his family was homeless and living in a van. You have to be pretty funny to pull that...
...talking points - all typed out - that he is going to tell me about the number 23, in which he's been interested for years (his daughter has a '23' tattoo), whether I want to hear them or not. "Blood takes 23 seconds to circulate the body... Jim Carrey plus Virginia Madsen is 23 letters... Jim Carrey plus Joel Schumacher is 23 letters... I was born at 2:30 a.m..." I shall spare you the rest. Especially since I'm not sure how his observation that O.J. Simpson wore No. 32 fits...
...given us ample experience with all-in-the-family presidencies. With the notable exception of the Roosevelts, legacy Presidents have been mediocre. There are plenty of qualified candidates in the race with names other than Clinton or Bush. Let's elect one of them next year. Craig Cranston Williamsburg, Virginia...
...past half-decade, the strongest regional economy in the nation has been fueled by demand not from Internet-addled, cell-phone-addicted consumers but from government drones charged with keeping us from getting blown up. This is great for northern Virginia. It's less reassuring for the rest of the country...
...current U.S. economic activity is the product of federal deficit spending and more than 6% is paid for with money borrowed from overseas (there is overlap between the two), strong doesn't seem quite the appropriate word. The bill is coming due--although probably not in northern Virginia, where federal spending is forever...