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How Do You Work This Life Thing? Advice for the Newly Independent on Roommates, Jobs, Sex, and Everything That Counts By Lizzie Post (Collins, $19.95) Writing an etiquette guide is...
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Thankfully, we’ll always have Paris
A columnist should make his or her opinions known, even those opinions that are unfavorable to the majority of the readership. So here goes: I like Paris Hilton. While seemingly...
SPA FILES: Tackling ‘backne’ and other ills
While the name for the skin condition is perfectly ridiculous, "backne" is a serious drag for some guys on shirtless days of summer. So how do you maintain a healthy,...
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Summer: A User's Guide By Suzanne Brown (Artisan, $19.95 paper) You wouldn't think anyone would need an instruction manual for the best three months of the year. But on occasion,...
Dad’s tough job to get even better
I've been a stock boy at a ball-bearing warehouse and a garbage man at Taste of Chicago. I've been a dog walker, a beer porter, a dishwasher and a landscaper....
ANTHROPOLOGY FOR MEN: Women were barred from the kiva
Women are barred from entering the kiva. It's dark and cool -- you have to descend a long ladder to access it. Inside the men talk about about hunting, tinker...
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How to Feel Manly in a Minivan The Desperate Dad's Survival Guide By Craig Boreth (St. Martin?s, $12.95 paper) The degrees of difficulty of fatherly tasks are rated with milk...
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Ordinary Miracles By S. David Nathanson, MD (Praeger, $49.95) The survival rates today for women and men facing breast cancer are nothing short of an "ordinary miracle," according to the...
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Walking on Eggshells Navigating the Delicate Relationship Between Adult Children and Parents By Jane Isay (Doubleday, $23.95) Even the most loving parent-child relationship can be strained when the younger generation...
BREWS OF ALL COLORS
The admission pass to the Global Beer Expo was a dull blue card, but to me it felt like a golden ticket, and I was as wide-eyed as Charlie in...