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If anyone here has interest and talent in writing and editing, send me a private message and we'll talk. Experience (be it academic or professional) can't hurt. Thanks guys

The Beachwood Place incident was more than an isolated short fight. http://www.fox8.com/news/wjw-news-beachwood-mall-brawl-js-txt,0,1062750.story Mall, Community Respond to Teen Fight in Beachwood "...It started around 7:00 p.m. when the teens began running through the mall, allegedly yelling and harassing shoppers. An Aurora man grabbed his cell phone and started recording when the tense situation then escalated into a series of fights in different parts of the complex..." Look, people are obviously wary of Beachwood Place having the same kind of problems plaguing/plagued Tower City, Euclid, Richmond, Severance and Randall. Hopefully the mall is instituting better security or common sense directives so this situation won't repeat itself.

Where the heck did that come from?

I did that fog shot picture - a little bit clearer and it could be publishable.

Well, Modern Family is more hit than miss, and it's sometimes too hard and too much effort to change the channel. Speaking of which, one of the posters put Sofia Vergara on their list. Let me tell you, as attractive as she is today, you need to look at pictures of her from 10 years ago. Mother of PEARL!

Jerky? I think she got smokin'! Her hair now looks much better than in her frizzy Masters of the Universe-Springstein-Friends days, and the skinny-toned look also looks good on her. I agree on Paltrow.

Marissa Tomei, and Aniston and Cox, all seem to age really well. They even look better in their 40s than 15 years ago

It'll be good for city morale to have construction cranes out and about. Looking forward to the opening day

I'd say low income and section 8 housing and halfway homes are probably worst case scenarios. More retail is....well....let's see who's coming

Pet Peeves are: 1 .The Tea Party 2. Someone craning their neck to look at the person behind them speaking 3. People on their cell phones while on ellipticals 4. Race baiting 5. Teaser trailers or video game trailers without gameplay footage - WHAT'S THE POINT?

Those increases are really going to f*#$ with the price of food.

I don't particularly have a problem with restricting certain tax exemptions of nonprofits ...but it's 2am and I have to hit the gym in 6 hours so I'll just leave it at that.

But student athletes are, as you've (Htsguy) already said, already put on a higher pedestal than non athletes. They are already perceived as something more than a student, at least at schools where sports are a big deal, a kind of hybrid student-employee and in many cases are students in name only. They're already vastly separated from their "peers" and are rewarded with the kind of financial compensation that only a few other academics can ever get. My point is that they are already being paid/compensated/rewarded - these are just semantics for what's essentially the same thing, and so it seems silly to throw the book at them when they're getting free jerseys or selling autographs or even receiving an actual, taxable salary. As to the question about schools that can't afford athletes, then yes, that's life and schools go through that already. Think about it this way - some schools can't afford to give students free rides no matter what the quality of the student is. Meanwhile Harvard has $billions in endowments, which lets it obtain the highest caliber students with complete financial aid. So smaller schools (and yeah I'm simplifying here a little) don't get the top students. So what's new?

My nephew and I have long argued this issue - he thinks they shouldn't and I believe they should. My biggest point is that student athletes already get paid/compensated several hundred thousand nontaxable dollars via scholarships and other gray area expense reimbursements, and so it seems silly to punish them for charging for autographs or accepting free sneakers. My other major point is that they are essentially employees of the school and are responsible for the infusion of $10s if not $100s of millions of dollars. Maybe more. Shouldn't they get a more reasonable cut, especially, for example, if Coach Tressler is make $1.5 million with benefits. My nephew makes the argument that paying athletes is unfair to poorer schools and that giving them a salary might completely invalidate the idea of amateur athletes (so what?) Any thoughts?

Is Bingham really that high? I've heard different things anecdotally.

No way is she overrated. Olivia Wilde has a certain look that is very original - I have the feeling that a lot of straight women would choose her as their one exception. I mean, her features, her symmetry, eyes, even her humor (she's awesome in the Gi-Joe Funny or Die and health care videos)...... You know what, I think I may have to give Frieda the silver here.

$5 a gallon. F'ing a

I forgot about Olivia Wilde. Gorgeous, tall, fit, and a great actress. She's definitely up there.

No surprise here.

Frieda Pinto for her hotness. Nostalgia Chick for her humor.

it was nice reading a positive article by the PD. a little christmas gift

I'm not really following this discussion. I'm hardwired to find any one of my overweight, female friends attractive because she's married? Or I would be if I were married and any of them were single? I'm not physically attracted to fat people so where is this lust coming from?

Yes, married people can have single friends of either gender. The other spouse just has to take a leap of faith that it's platonic - that kind of trust is part of the marriage package

I believe this is legit. I hope I'm not wrong. http://www.curtisgotslappedbyawhiteteacher.com/ It starts out a little serious, but once the demands start coming out, oh boy....

To everyone not celebrating all of Christmas Eve with the family, Paladar Latin Kitchen & Rum Bar (28601 Chagrin Boulevard, Woodmere, OH) is having it's annual Christmas Eve (which I call Jewish Eve since that's about 80% of the patronage on that night) party tomorrow from 9pm to close. I've gone the last few years, and it's a complete blast. The food is a little iffy but there are a lot fantastic drink selections and a LOT of people.