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...interesting point: that your parents shared in, fretted over, and eventually lamented the loss of something so valuable. I'm not against wedding or engagement rings in theory - they are a tradition that dates back hundreds, if not thousands, of years. And although I'm not about to wrap a string of organic hemp around my finger and call it a ring, I do sometimes wonder if a couple about to be married could better spend that money elsewhere. Interestingly, as Tom Zoellner writes in his book on the diamond industry The Heartless Stone, American men are expected to spend...
...Wrap your booze in a copy of the Indy. No one will touch...
...Danger! Kids Playing Tag" [oct. 30] reported that a Massachusetts elementary school has outlawed tag and other chase games during recess. But why not encase schoolkids in bubble wrap before sending them out to the playground? That's no more absurd than banning tag. Sure, kids often get hurt. It is our job as teachers and parents to help them set effective physical and psychological boundaries through discussion and role play. I suggest that district administrators watch kids in the classroom after a recess without active physical play. Kids badly need this kind of break in their academic day. Being...
...never coming back!” And then we laughed like hyenas. I am using this example, not to illustrate the demerits of the educational system in Rhode Island, but instead to describe how utterly bewildered I am by the ankle boot phenomenon. I actually can’t wrap my small, pea-like brain around them. When ankle boots showed up at fashion shows, I figured that they were one of those ironic things—like assless chaps—that appear in a sardonic, only-Prince-would-ever-wear-them-out-of-the-house way. When...
...have come to understand that players will undoubtedly seek out any advantage possible, legal or otherwise. Pitchers’ use of suntan lotion (the sport kind, so that it doesn’t accidentally irritate the eyes), shaving cream and even the trainer’s sticky pre-wrap spray is a daily practice. In minor league baseball the use of foreign substances is not taboo; it’s just illegal. The substance of choice is ultimately applied to the middle and index fingers of the throwing hand in order to get a better “feel?...