Just in case you though veganism was as far as the vegetarians could do, let the members of the raw food movement set you straight:
GOSHEN -- "Don't eat it unless it will rot, and for heaven's sake, eat it before it does."
Just in case you though veganism was as far as the vegetarians could do, let the members of the raw food movement set you straight:
GOSHEN -- "Don't eat it unless it will rot, and for heaven's sake, eat it before it does."
"Hey, old-timer, are you sure that's not a phony ID? You don't look a day over 35 in that photo." Liquor stores finally give up on trying to figure out who is trying to pull a fast one and who is not:
It's difficult for 52-year-old Edgar Logan to recall the last time he was asked to show his ID when buying alcohol.
"Can that story be localized?" is something journalists hear often from their bosses. Never mind that motorcycle sales are way up nationally -- people won't care unless they know that sales are up here, too. And, by the way, go see if you can find a local gay couple to comment on that same-sex marriage trial out in California.
I was considering weighing in on the Harry Reid light-skinned/Negro dialect imbroglio, but this is far more important:
"I'm sure it was my fault," Seinfeld joked of The Jay Leno Show's declining ratings. "The tuxedo was way over the top," he added, referencing what he wore during his appearance on Leno's debut show.
Doesn't the First Amendment already do that?
A proposal in the Indiana Statehouse would stop homeowners' associations from banning political signs in members' yards and windows near elections.
A lot of ranting and raving about the imminent collapse of Gary. Some residents say just go ahead and let the "tainted brand" declare bankruptcy so it can be started over with a clean slate. Some say the property tax caps will be the death of the city, but Sen. Luke Kenley wonders about the millions in casino dollars that have already flowed through there. A lot of residents want the state to give Gary a bunch of breaks to allow the "economic development seeds" that have been planted to grow. Rep.
Hope the Couch Slouch is right:
The Indianapolis Colts went from 14-0 to 14-2. The New Orleans Saints went from 13-0 to 13-3. And after each perfect season dissolved into season-ending imperfection, this was the loud chorus heard across Sports Nation:
The Colts and the Saints won't win another game this year -- they're both one-and-out in the playoffs.
My friends, the Colts and the Saints will be meeting in Super Bowl 44. I am sure of it.
Is she trying to scare me, or what?
The Muncie Star Press says Mike Pence is a nice conservative lad who should be careful about reaching beyond his grasp:
Could Pence be a strong candidate? We think it's possible, but history is not on his side.
Many have run for president while serving in the House, but the chances of winning are not good.
Speaking of words, I heard Charly Butcher on WOWO this morning on the way to work, expressing mild amusement that, with all that's happened in the last 10 years (terror attack on the twin towers, two wars, health care and global warming debates, first African-American president, etc.), this should end up being the "word of the decade":
Saving old barns is a worthy effort made even more likeable by the cleverness of preservationists in naming the project:
Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana will co-sponsor a March workshop called "Barn Again!" focusing on ways to maintain, rehabilitate and adapt old barns for contemporary needs.
The proposal to end the ban on Sunday liquor sales is likely to come before the General Assembly again this year. And die again this year. Even in normal times, it's hard to get legislators to consider such a radical idea, and these aren't normal times. In the economic downturn, the legislature is going to have enough to do just to keep the state solvent.
But perhaps we could take one small step:
The Indiana General Assembly is considering a bill that would lift the ban on the sale of motorcycles on Sundays.
What's that old quip, "With friends like that, you don't need enemies"?
Police were called to the home of Robert Crow, 38, at 116 E. Willow St. around 8:20 p.m. When officers arrived, they found Jaime Gasso, 43, dead from a single gunshot wound.
Crow made the 911 call, and was arrested for assisting in a suicide. That is a Class C felony. Thursday the Dekalb County coroner confirmed Gasso's death was a suicide.
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The campaign to save Mother Earth by ridding her of all those pesky, polluting people achieves a modest but notable success:
A huge swath of the country is getting snow and it's raised an unusual and potentially dangerous problem for motorists.
Now we know who in the General Assembly are not tough:
There was plenty of tongue-in-cheek name-calling directed Thursday at members of the Indiana Senate, which canceled its scheduled business because of snow.
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A day later, their snow day was the running joke around the Statehouse, where the Indiana House -- and the vast majority of Central Indiana schools -- carried on business as usual.
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If you think the government interferes too much in our private lives here, just be thankful you don't live in France. A bill being pushed by Nicolas Sarkozy's government would make "psychological violence" between married and cohabiting couples "a matter for state intervention." And just what is that, exactly?
After some good tabloid trash, I always like to read a good "We're all going to dieeee!" yarn, too:
A STAR primed to explode in a blast that could wipe out the Earth was revealed by astronomers yesterday.
It will self-destruct in an explosion called a supernova with the force of 20 billion billion billion megatons of TNT.
Now, this is really interesting. The debate about poverty in general and "homelessness" in particular is usually between liberals who say we have to show compassion for those less fortunate and conservatives who say we have to be careful not to make economic deprivation so comfortable that people don't seek to escape from it. But in this case, it is the advocates for the homeless who are taking the tough-love approach:
