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Christopher gravitated to the usual favorites like the fire truck and pretend phone call to the police, but also enjoyed pulling fish up from a net on a boat. The Children's Museum is really a place for kids to discover, unwind, and learn Senacfiai new things, which Christopher is more than happy to do. One might think because Christopher has cystic fibrosis and has been diagnosed with Pervasive Developmental Disorder, a form of autism, in which he does not communicate or develop like other children. I can assure you, as we all witnessed at the museum, he certainly can talk, run like so many children, interact with adults and children alike, and rThai Cuisine make your heart sing as he smiles ear to ear driving the fire truck. Christopher was filmed at The Children's Museum in November as part of Thursday's Child, which airs on WGME Comfortable. Low profile engagement ring. ?l 'T'aste of ?l.utfientic 'T'fiai Cuisine 13. He joins the some 211 children in Maine seeking a forever family. 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.-~ December 11, 2003 Volume 16 Number 48 MORNINGS ARE GETTING Culture Shocl< and mainehiphop.com BETTER IN GREATER twd r~ 18 Movies . ' . j: l The Missing lfnldplwp~ :: f PORTLAND WITH THE 'I ' 20 Restaurant Row ' ' ' ' I . ' ~ HELP OF 7lHt ~. IRON FADER 1 • : I ! • I 22 Calendar DJ BATTLE J As one of the most successful franchises in Canada 'I'' I expanding into the United States, with over 2300 Friday, December 12th . ' ' 2 3 Book Review '' ' • I j The Boys' Crusade: The American locations. we know it takes the time and full efforts @ The Center for Cultural Exchange of people like you, in applying your relevant all ages/ $7 I doors@ 8pm . ' ' Infantry in North Western Europe, 1' I 1944-1945 management experience and personal dedication to: single set battle :I I all contestants must register in advance • I • limit of 20 DJs call 780-4943 'I ' 24 Happenings , I . cash prize $200 Stage Door BECOME A 714,~. fRANCHISEE! .. ' '.'' 'I I I 2 5 Visual Arts The franchise includes training, site selection and a IRON MIC 4 store opening crew, plus support in advertising, MC BATTLE . ' Features marketing and field personnel and more. If you share Saturday, December 13th Plenty to Celebrate our high standards of integrity and long-term The holiday season has begun and there is plenty to celebrate with the commitment to the business, your employees and @SPACE numerous holidays in December. CBW will fill you in on joyous celebra the community, please contact Janet Draughn at Head to Head Battle tions like Chanukah, Kwanzaa, Yule and Christmas. (614) 791-4233 or by fax at (614) 791-4235. contestants must register by 9pm at the event unlimited registration $500 cash prize and one Shure Mic 14 • A Primer on Winter Holidays Visit our web site at live performances by Neanderthal Youth, Unauthordox, OJ Jon www.timhortons.com 15 • Season of Light • Celebrating Chanukah at JCA-It's About Community
16 • Kwanzaa: A Celebration of Family, Community and Culture • Black Nativity In Concert • Investing In Your Holiday Gift-Giving 17 PHOTOESSAY: A Romantic Holiday Across the Pond in England by Charlotte Smith
The Way Life Community Should Be Close-up Upcoming Features 8 Health & Wellness 6 Community Notices & Happy Holidays? Tips to Ease Ad Opportunities Reach your target audience by advertising your product or service the Pain of Grief During the Hol 10 Daily Grind iday Season in an issue of CBW featuring industry-specific content/ Important Documents Enclosed 9 Paw Print Happy Holidays Holiday Gift Giving For Pets 11 Nonprofit Deadline for editorial conb1buUons and advertlolng Is December 10. Adopt a Pet: Baron Men's Resource Center of Southern Etc Maine jan 1 Happy New Year! 5 Special Advertising 18 Skyline 12 Talk A Universe of Surprises Opportunities Conversation with Jeanne Handy 26 Quality time 27 Contests Casco Bay Weekly takes a look at what it's like being a twln. Lo~al twins share their experiences and 13 MacBerserker's thoughts on living their lives as twins. Deadline for editorial mnlribulloosand advertising Is December 17. 5 Rolls (36) • Crossword • Funny Bone Photo & Poetry Winners What Are We To Do For more information, contact us at 775-6601 or e-mail [email protected]. Wedding Album (2) 8x 1O's and all negatives 19 Press Box 28 Personals Price: $990 {Same for Private Functions) Lobster Pot Brings Big Time Sled Holiday Season Deadlines Abbie Ostrem 207-939-2101 Hockey to Maine 29 Horoscope Please make a note of our early content submission deadlines for our December and january issues. Ou r www.OstremPhotos.com final issue of this year will be published on December 18, but it will be available for two weeks. Our offices will also be closed at Noon on Wednesday, December 24 and will reopen on Monday, January 5. Submissions 30 Classifteds for our first issues of the year (January 1 and 8) will be due by December 17.
Cooer Picture: Andrea JolrnsonKennett DECEMBER 11 , 2003 5 4 Casco Bay Weekly Casco Bay Weekly welcomes your community notices. Please keep your thoughts to less than 300 words Communit • (longer submissions may be edited for space reasons), and include your address and daytime phone number. Send to: Notices, Casco Bay Weekly, 11 Forest Ave., no tees Portland, ME 04101 or e-mail: [email protected] casco bay weekly CTN is proud to offer a forum for local ready have stepped forward include the GREATER PORTLAND 'S JOURNAL Flying Changes Center for Therapeutic artists to share their talents with area view Cheerleading Squad at Old Orchard Beach OF NEWS , ARTS & HAPPENINGS Riding is Now Accepting Registrations ers. Local artists will benefit from this op Lorganer Middle School, local contractors, portunity by exposing Greater Portland electricians, excavators, and many other lo 207.775.6601 • 1.800.286.6601 The Center is nationally accredited with the viewers to their skills and creativity. cal residents. To date $2,900 has been raised FX 207.775.1615 North American Riding for the Handicapped Our one-hour program will feature six acts by the generosity of the community. EMAIL: [email protected] Association and has provided services to from a variety of disciplines including music, More help is needed, though, including special needs and at-risk children and adults writing, performance, dance, comedy and items such as: AA rechargeable batteries and CONTRIBUTORS since 1992. Among the benefits to students is others. Considering the wealth of talent in charger, flash lights, gloves and hats, candles, WRITERS the promotion of responsibility and coopera greater Portland, this program will be a de gift cards to Hannaford, and small and Rob Brezsny • Edward Gleason • Nancy Freedmon·Smith tion, building sel!-6teem through challenge light to watch! All performers interested in medium men's sweatshirts. The mother also Refuge league • Marc l. Rubinstein • Tom hopes to place a few gifts under the tree for Martin James • Andy Keene • Michele Morris with a success-oriented experience, improv starring in this new program should contact Libby Margolis Pineo • Sybil Ridge • Roy Nelles ing balance/coordination and enhancing so Lesley Jones, Producer, at (207) 775-2900, ext. her boys, such as movie passes, gift certifi cates for CDs and movies, and clothing. All Royce Carlson • Abbie Ostrem • Mark Spearin cial skills through the special effects of hu 5. The first episode of SHINE will be taped Fri Steffan Douglas Morin • Aaron Robinson • Dave DiHmer items can be dropped off at the Pella Win man-animal bond. Certified therapeutic rid day night, January 9 at 7:30 p.m. at CTN stu Franklin Freeman • Brook Noel • Abbie Ostrem ing instructors conduct sessions and goals dios, 100 Oak Street, Portland, Maine. dows & Doors store located at 343 Gorham PHOTOGRAPHERS Road, South Portland. that are developed in conjunction with a Pre-Registration and auditions (which may Andrea Johnson-Kennett • Michael Poliskey "Their story is heartbreaking, and it helps client's current specialist team. Lessons con include submission of any video or audio ma Charlotte Smith • Michele Morris us realize how fortunate we are," says Anna tinue comfortably year-round in the indoor terial, including CDs) are required for per Croy, sales representative for Pella Windows APPRENTICES arena with adjacent heated observation area. formers. From these registrants, six perform & Doors of Maine and New Hampshire. "This Charlotte Smith • Wendy Smith • J.D. Allen Some scholarships are available through the ers will be chosen for the first show in Janu family has some basic needs and we are in a Michele Morris • Michael Poliskey • Abbie Ostrem Department of Mental Health therapeutic ary. We expect this limited number of posi position to be able to help them meet these leigh-ann Smith recreation funds. The Center is located two tions to fill quickly; apply soon. Additional needs and get back on their feet. We have miles north of Mt. Ararat High School on Rt. performers will be needed for subsequent called upon our community to help, and STAFF 201. For more information, call 729-0168 or programs on Friday, February 13, and Friday, everyone has responded with great enthusi Roseonn Mango-Morgenson visit the website at www.flyingchanges.org. March 12, 2004. asm and support." For more information on Vice President • Maine Publishing Corp. This program will be taped Jive, and then how to help this family, call the store for de Pineland Farms to Launch re-broadcast each following Friday in Janu tails (800)-287-5649. Tom Keene "Calves For College" Program ary at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m., and again Saturday Technical Advisor mornings at 2 a.m. and 8 a.m. CTN broadcasts J.D. Allen This spring, Pineland Farms plans to further to 65,000 households in Greater Portland and Marketing Advisor 4-H's "learning by doing" mission at its dairy is pleased to offer viewers a diversity of local operation by launching the "Calves for Col programming, such as SHINE: The Friday Abbie Ostrem Readers Marketing Advisor lege" program. Cumberland County's All-Star Night Variety Show. ,-----e----. 4-H Dairy Club members are currently filling For more information, visit our web site at Andrea Johnson-Kennett out applications and organizing their 4-H www.ctn4maine.org or call Lesley at 775-2900, Marketing Assistant GOT ION records in hopes of becoming one of the first ext. 5. Take your chance and SHINE! feedback Josh McDougall GARDEN recipients of a Pineland Farms quality calf. Good News Art Direclor "Selected participants will have a chance Coastal Humane Society to visit Pineland Farms' spectacular 2,500 Annual Open House Charlolte Smith f~ I was delighted to see that in the November Produclion Advisor acre property-perhaps for the first time- 27, 2003 column of "Good News" on page II "CoLor Wfflr.>S the ~ouL" and will take home with them a tangible in The Coastal Humane Society will host its An of CBW, news was shared of the wonderful Wendy Smith i'h't Produclion Advisor vestment in their college education. This is nual Open House Sunday, December 14, from gifts of William Thon's art that have been do AduLts to Iof,ots II a.m.-3 p.m. The public is invited to visit indeed a gift that keeps on giving," says Todd nated by his estate to area schools. Leigh-ann Smith 55 Exchange St. 874-0444 Jepson, Pineland Farms' Executive Director. with the animals and enjoy refreshments. Custom Embro1~ry Z2 hchange St. Sun 11 -6 In the list of schools who received a piece Produclion Advisor H~ts • T'i • Sweats Portland, Maine Mon-Thurs 10.7 Students participating in the "Calves for Cralt items, baked goods and potted Amaryl of Mr. Thon's art, I noted that Lincoln Middle Blankets (207) 774-7726 Fri-SM 10.9 College" program will be given a calf which lis bulbs will be on sale. Drawings will be held School's name was omitted. Michoel Poliskey Production Advisor they have agreed to sell at the end of a two for door prizes and the Annual Holiday Raffle. I am pleased to let you and your readers year show/growth cycle. The money made Donations of animal toys and treats and items know that we at Lincoln Middle School in Michele Morris Production Assistant from the sale of the cow must then be de from the CHS Wish Ust will be gratefully ac Portland also are proud and grateful recipi posited into an education savings account. cepted. Call Coastal Humane Society at 725- ents of a black and white inkwash painting of Linda Desilets Administrative Assistant An education savings account, commonly re 5051 or visit www.coastalhumanesociety.org a sailboat. ferred to as an "ESA" or "529", is a college-sav for a copy of the Wish List. Donations of dog Thank you, Roy Allen ings plan that allows the account owner to ac and cat food and cat Jitter are not required Kathleen D. Rossi cumulate funds to pay for future educational thanks to arrangements with generous pet Principal, Uncoln Middle School expenses on a tax-free basis. care suppliers. Coastal Humane Society is lo Shane St. Cyr, Dairy Manager at Pineland cated at 30 Range Road in Brunswick. Farms, will work with Jepson to implement the SUBMISSIONS new program. "It's a great opportunity for stu CBWis actively seeking submissions of all kinds from our com A Season for Giving munity of readers. Phoiogrophy, comics, articles, proposals and dents to learn about work ethic and the re We want letter. should be mailed 1o: Casco Bay Weekly, 11 forest Ave., sponsibility of ownership. That they receive In the spirit of giving, Pella Windows & Doors Portland, ME 0410 I ore-moiled lo d:[email protected] some financial help to pay for increasingly high of South Portland is asking local residents to WHO WE ARE AND WHERE TO FIND US STATE FARM tuition costs is an added bonus" says St. Cyr. drop by its store at 343 Gorham Road in your Every Thursday 30,000 copies of CBW ore distributed free For information on the program, eligibility South Portland to donate warm clothing, bat throughout Greater Portland, at ourlets from Bru nswick to Drop off a nE'w. unwrappE'd requirements and application deadlines, please teries, candles, basic necessities, and some Windham to Biddeford and ot selected York County loco· contact Todd Jepson at (207) 6884800, ext. 12 lions . Casco Boy Weekly is also on the Woo at www.cas· holiday cheer for a local family. letters! coboyweekly.com or by e-mail at [email protected]. An unfortunate accident took the life of a local man, leaving the mother and two boys; For information about display advertising, coli 207-775· toy at participating locati.ons. INSURANCE Channel 4 Invites Local Performers ages 16 and 14, unable to make ends meet on 6601 or e-mail [email protected]. ® to "SHINE" one income. The family was in the process of Submissions are the views ofour contributors Casco Boy Weekly is published by Maine Publishing Corp., 11 Forest Ave ., Portland, ME 04101 . Subscriptions available for building a new home, which now remains and do not necessarily represent those of The Community Television Network, Channel without electricity. $79 per year. For mo"' information, coli 207-775-6601 or Visit OurMainf:\.com CBW. Please send your submissions (no more email [email protected]. Send address change to 11 For· 4, is holding open auditions for a new pro Pella is spearheading the drive to help the than 300 words), to Letters, Casco Bay Weekly, est Ave. , Portland, ME 04101 . gram called SHINE. This Friday night variety family, working to collect the $5,300 needed 11 Forest Ave., Portland, ME 04101 ore-mail: for morE' information. show will feature local musicians, artists, jug to provide electricity to the new home and WPXTitW~ WPME cbwdir@maine. rrcom. Be sure to include your glers, dancers, comedians and other per collecting needed items for the holiday sea address and daytime phone number. forming artists on television! son. Local companies and groups that al-
cascobayweekly.com DECEMBER 1 1, 2003 7 6 Casco Bay Weekly Jin :511-in ]1-Jutsu ·--- ~ealt print - -- -~~; ltcu!'ressure. Holiday Gift Giving For Pets ~ - by Nancy Freedman-Smith and test it under varied circumstances. ss 22. Offer to groom, or pay for grooming. Sh-iA-tsu &11-i 1Gun1 olidays are a time for giving. Please re 23. Lend your artistic talents. \.. ~- member that animals need our help all 24. Offer to go with a rescue person to the vet if Hyear-round. Here are some ideas to help a foster dog needs to euthanized. Ann Foeter ABT ·· '"1~ ~" Happy Holidays? Tips to Ease get you into the spirit: 25. Donate your professional services. hlace for ef\\\9~\.e; Peake leland & Portland The Pain of Crief During the Holiday Season I. Buy or donate an item from a shelter or rescue's 26. Pay for an ad to help place rescue dogs and Maetercard I Vlea Unique Gift Ideas "wish list." Our local shelter in Westbrook has an then screen the calls yourself. by Brook Noel pie who are facing similar emotions, to gather updated holiday wish list at www.arlgp.org. 27. Make arrangements in your will providing u want it on AnnFosterltll MaineJinShinJyut:<;u.com for a support group. 2. Consider leaving MONEY, stocks, or bonds for for your animals. ArnFost:erltllMalneShlat6u.com Great Stocking Stuffers or most people, the holidays bring animals in your will. 28. Donate clickers, books, or videos about 'n4.3465 about a time of joy and celebration. Choose activities wisely 3. Donate new or used dog equipment such as training. coats, brushes, leashes, collars, crates, haltis, 29. Donate yourself by making yourself avail you want it when? FFamily get-togethers, home-cooked din During holidays and other busy seasons, not gentle leaders, flexis, dog seatbelts, dog beds, able on an emergency basis to do "whatever" is Gift Cenificates ners and family traditions are just a few of only do we have to face our grief, but we of Listening to users blankets, towels, laundry detergent, bleach, needed. the many cherished activities. Yet, for those ten have many other commitments and peo Kongs, balls and other dog toys. If you buy one 30. Transport. Designing systems that work Open Fridays until 9pm through who have experienced the loss of a loved ple that need our attention. As you look at the for your pet this holiday season, consider buy 31. Assist Maine Greyhound Placement by do you want it right? Arthur Fink Consulting the holiday season! one, the holidays are often robbed of their upcoming difficult days, take a personal ing a second one and donating it. nating money, stocks/bonds, building materials, 449 Forest Ave, Portland joy. Instead, these and other important days, "emotional inventory." Decide ahead of time 4. Donate dog food or treats-how about baking or services to help construct a new adoption www.ArthurFink .com 221-2363 • www.leapinlizards.biz become a time of loneliness and sadness. how much you can handle during the holi your own? center and clinic in the Augusta area. Contact What's more, throughout these seasons, we days. Then make sure you don't take on more 5. Volunteer to walk a rescue or shelter dog. MGPS at 207-8464707 or online at www.grey 6. Become a foster home. houndplacement.com for further information. ------.~ CALL LT'S! .,___.., are constantly bombarded with happy family than feels right to you. images through cards, television, commer 7. Be a puppy-raiser for a service dog. 32. In addition to people helping animals, why 8. Offer your office skills: computer, phone, mail 1 cials, movies and magazines. The contrast be Do not try to outspend grief not use your animal to help people. T Al CHl ~ CHl KUNG ings, business cards, labels, handouts, posters My Wonderful Dog in South Portland engages at 800.800.7785 or 774.1104 tween what we see and how we feel only am As you face your holiday shopping, beware of of available animals, bumper stickers, record risk youth and others in the care and training of plifies the loneliness within. Brook Noel, co the common pitfall of trying to "outspend" keeping. service dogs. Volunteers are needed to work with • Golf Shirts • Jackets • Polar Fleece • Magnets • Banners • Pens • Coffee Mugs • author of the noted book I Wasn 't Ready to your grief. When we are feeling a hole or ache 9. Donate long distance calling cards, used dig kids from Spurwlnck School, Sweetser, and Au cisco • Calendars • Sweat Shirts • Calculators • Bumper Stickers • T-Shirts • Caps • Say Goodbye: Surviving, Coping and Healing inside, human nature often leads us to pur ital cameras, scanners, copiers, stamps, en in conjunction with the young dogs to help run with the Sudden Death of a Loved One (Cham chase items to fill that hole. velopes, and computers. this worthwhile training program. Presently they • Briefcases • Golf BaUs • Tote Bags • Umbrellas • Labels • Mouse Pads • Signs • pion Press) and author of the new book Sur 10. Volunteer to help man a booth at an educa have a dire need for short-term reliable puppy-sit tional event. viving Holidays, Birthdays and Anniversaries: Let your body lead you ters. Please consider sharing your home with a fu ... nnd over 600,000 other items! A Guide to Grieving During Special Occasions Grief affects us all differently. Let your body II. Donate a raffle or sale Item. ture service dog for a night, weekend or longer. (Champion Press) offers these tips for easing lead you. lf you feel tired, sleep. If you !eel like 12. Donate vet supplies such as heartworm pills, Contact Elsa at: [email protected] 799-9792. www.ltsmaine.com flea and tick prevention, first aid, spay and neu 33. Get involved with Pet Therapy. Spring Harbor ~LT'sinc. grief's grip during the holidays: crying, cry. If you are hungry, eat. Don't feel tering, microchipping, prescription medications. Nursing Home in South Portland is actively look you need to act one way or another. There are 13. Provide mental support for a rescue person. ing for pets and their people to join their visitation Be prepared for the ambush no "shoulds" right now; simply follow the 14. Pay to board a dog for a short period of time program. For more info please visit www.spring Deep pain and sadness, as if the death had lead of your body. or take a foster dog for a short time in an emer harbor.org. Both Maine Medical and Mercy Hospi just occurred, can surface at odd moments. gency. tal have Pet Therapy programs in place. For re p Anticipating these ambushes is half the bat Make new traditions 15. Feature adoptable dogs and link to rescue quirements check out www.deltasociety.org and a r a J s 0 tle. Know that they are part of the grief This new phase in your life deserves some sites on your homepage or website. www.therapydogs.com Sa Ion and Spa process. new traditions. Hold onto the traditions that 16. Conduct home visits or accompany a rescue Remember most animal organizations are tax still offer comfort, but create new traditions person on one. exempt and your contributions may be tax de ?J6 Market Street • Portland • 879-7+1+ Talk, talk, talk as well. 17. Have a fund raising party or yard sale and ductible. Breed specific and other local rescue Define donate the money to rescue. www.paradisosalonandspa.com With all the celebrations and happiness that organizations can be found by conducting an on 18. Be sure your friends know why rescuing and line web search. Happy Holidays! surround us, we may feel awkward bringing Light a candle fostering dogs is important. up anything that isn't equally festive. But we Select a beautifully scented candle. Through 19. Help organize and run fundraising events. Nancy owns Gooddagz Training in Portland and Gift Certificates, must release our feelings through talking to out the difficult days, light the candle as a 20. Pay for the cost of taking a dog to obedience is a member ofNew England Border Collie Rescue others. If we don't, our feelings will lodge reminder of your bond with the person you class and/or take a foster dog to class. (www.NEBCR.org) where she wears many of the within us creating a dark sadness. The only have lost. 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Rubinstein ' ' of body, it's the fact that you have a'' 've mentioned C/NET so many times it seems redundant to say, as a good body. Icolumnist should, the Intel/Microso!t owned computer news website. But there it is. by Michele Morris taught hip-hop for a while, years ago, and it I often wonder, though, considering the was fun, 1really liked doing it. I taught it from news they print, why they bother. When Jeanne grew up surrounded by belly dance and a fitness perspective for cardiovascular and they manufacture or delay and group arti certificate for began her study of the dance as an art form ten strength training. I also taught it as a form of cles to demean their competition you can Consider this: CERT, the Computer years ago. She has been teaching forms of dance, and 1taught swimming for a long time. almost understand why they have C/NET, Emergency Response Team agrees 2003 is dance for over fifteen years. Check her out at What's interesting for me about hip-hop is as underhanded as such tactics are. But likely to have an overall lower number of services at Pierre's fullcirclesynergy.com. that (in contrast] belly dance is very strong, when writing plain truth, as a good news flaws than 2002. But that is after there was sexual, proud, and joyful. It's all of those site should, undermines their own prod a rough doubling of the flaws each year costs just $25! What does belly dancing celebrate? things, but it's also very soft. Hip-hop is ag ucts and companies, as so often happens, since 1999. The vast majority of all these gressively sexual, but people have no prob you wonder how it's worth the effort or ex flaws, not to mention the viruses and Belly dance celebrates your body. It cele lem letting their kids learn hip-hop but they Good for any service. pense. worms feeding on these flaws, revolve brates the female form and the female spirit. are always nervous if their daughter says, "I Well, this past week saw such accurate around Microsoft Windows and their Men also belly dance and my take on that is want to learn belly dance." Belly dance and honest reporting cast shadows upon server products because of the lax secu it's celebrating feminine energy, and every teaches you to be proud of your body, to un body has masculine/feminine energy. The derstand the strength of your body and the their own-and I mean Microsoft here, not rity engineering and testing they give their beauty of belly dancing is that it's not cele power of your body-giving you all of that Intel. I still wonder why they bother. software. brating a particular kind of body, it's the fact with a sense of worth. To me, wouldn't that This November 18 article stated that in Security flaws are intimately related that you have a body. You are celebrating the be what you'd want your daughter to learn? a survey conducted by Internet Security with the incidence of viruses. Laxity in the continuation of life, which obviously starts [Laughs]. Don't get me wrong, hip-hop is re Systems Internet attacks are increasing one breeds the other ... as does the ani in the human form. And that's what's so won ally fun, but I find it interesting because it's PH OTO MICHELE MORRIS surprise, surprise. It also said this quar mosity a company causes people to feel derful about it. The older you are, for exam much more widely used, it's more acceptable. ter's 725 security flaws were a slight im for them, the laziness with which they at ple, the more celebrated dancer you'll be be that, I started with my back to the audience for the day. The other thing that I want to do provement over the second quarter's 727. tack problems and other reasons. CaU Kathleenfor more informati.Dnt cause you have more life experience. You've performed in some noteworthy so they did not know I was pregnant. I slowly with my class is to keep broadening their Hurrah! But this quarter's 823 new worms After all, one cannot limit choice and events, including The Vagina Monologues turned myself around and when I got to the knowledge about Middle Eastern culture. Par and viruses were a 26 percent increase freedom and curtail creativity without PHONE 774-1913 • WWW.PIERRESSCHOOLCOM When and how did you come to practice at the Merrill Auditorium. What's that like? side where they got a side-view of me, I heard ticularly today, it's so important that people over last quarter's. They also said the win some hard feelings. As long as Microsoft this dance? the entire audience gasp. What came over me see another face of the Middle East, not just dow of time between a flaw being discov seeks to dominate the computer world It's fun. It's very exciting. The Vagina Mono was, "Oh, this is cool." That's when I knew what they're seeing on the news, not just re ered and an exploit of that flaw is shrink through both avoiding and destroying It's part of our heritage [Jeanne is of logues was my absolute favorite thing I've that this was good. I was confident that with ligion and politics. The Middle East is so ing, leaving enterprise level IT people-- open standards, creating and imposing Lebanese descent] so I've seen it all my life. ever done with belly dance. The reason was an audience who came to The Vagina Mono much more than that. It's such a warm place, much less slow moving software develop upon everyone proprietary file formats My mom would dance, my grandmother because I was nine months pregnant when I logues, it would go well, but truly, that could not temperature-wise, I mean the people. ers-less time to develop fixes to protect and second-rate applications, and so many would dance, so I always saw it, but I didn't did it. It was two days past my due date and have gone either way. It was beautiful and the They're warm, loving, and so colorful, and I governments, businesses and consumers. other restrictive campaigns and policies, study it as an art form to perform until! was that was the most amazing experience of my audience was wonderful and they loved it and want to spread that culture as best I can, and Oh, and did you notice those statistics there will be angst against them that trans an adult. I began studying it nine or ten years whole life with belly dance because it was so I loved it and I will never forget that. one of the ways I can do that is through my were for the last two QUARTERS? That lates into the desire to exploit their flaws ago as a performance art but it's always been good for people to see that. And I don't mean dancing. Also, I really believe that if young means during just the 2nd and 3rd quar against them. part of my life. for people to see me dance, I mean lor people Any last words for those curious about belly girls learn belly dance they would be so much to see a woman that pregnant move like that dancing? more self-confident. I feel that they wouldn't ters of this year there were 1452 security Sorry, Redmond. Is belly dancing the only form that you and not be hiding her pregnancy. I mean, I face their changes with fear, they would face flaws identified ... and well over 1675 teach? wore one of my traditional costumes so my The reason I teach dance is two-fold: First, if their changes with pride. viruses and worms in the same period. Marc L. Rubinstein, as president ofMainely belly was right out there and !loved it; it was women leave my class feeling proud, feeling That's only half this year! Mac in Gray, helps thousands enjoy their Now it is, but I used to do other forms. I amazing and I have to say that when I did sexy, feeling anything, then I've done my job And you know very, very few of those Macs and take pride in doing so. Andy Gore, security flaws were for Unix, Linux and an ex-student, old friend and one-time Editor Mac OS X. What group of operating sys In-Chief of Macworld for five years, called tems do you think they compromised? him in print while still editor of MacUser, "a Starts with a "W." frothing-at-the-mouth, speaking-in-tongues And how many of those viruses and evangelist for the Macintosh platform." Al worms do you think affect the Mac OS? though frothing less and using only one Right ... none. tongue nowadays, he still advocates for the I Good time to be Windows users ... right? Mac and loves doing so. •n c~ z The_y also do Macs; We do Macs! Onl_y ~ -i ,-m m < MAINE~ Best-selling gifts and stocking stuffers for Vi nature lovers of all ages: 0 AuDuBoN • Nature books & guides c z Nature Store • Wildlife-theme toys & games z m Gilsland Farm Audubon Center • Bird feeders, houses & seed Falmouth, immediately off Route I • Wide selection of binoculars (207) 781-2330 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday-Satu rday • Plus, gift certificates for Audubon trips, ~ 12-4 p.m., Sunday camps and merchandise! 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In her book Sabbats: Edain McCoy credits the Scandina the God's death at Samhain only to be born again at Yule, the These activities vary from tree selecting and trimming, vian people with bringing greenery Into the home as a means longest night of the year. No wonder our ancestors celebrated present making and wrapping, to a special day set aside for of protecting the elementals from harsh winter conditions. My this season with a festival of lights; they were urging the sun each of us to plan our own event. This year, we are each re daughters were so taken with the Idea of sharing our apart to rise again, assisting the Goddess's labor. Yule is a celebra searching a Sun God or Goddess legend and planning an ac ment with faeries throughout the cold months, that we've tion of the rebirth of the sun. tivity illustrating what we have learned. My daughters are added the tradition of collecting pinecones, boughs, and Out of the eight holidays that circle the wheel of the year, drawing on the origins of their middle names, with my oldest whatnot to decorate our kitchen and main altars with. Yule has probably retained more of its original traditions. Ac researching Egyptian sun deities, my middle working on We spend much of this holiday with our extended family cording to the ancient Roman calendar, the solstice fell on De Greek, and my youngest (with assistance) studying Welsh and friends, feasting and exchanging gifts. By doing so, we are cember 25, now widely celebrated as the birthday of Jesus. mythology. acknowledging our abundance and prosperity as well as re Many rituals throughout the Christmas season are pagan In Probably the Yuletide event we most eagerly anticipate Is membering when times are leaner in our household. This be origin thus fusing the two holidays together. This creates bringing home the tree because of its connection to the Ing the first year that our littlest family members are old warmth and kinship because we are all celebrating the light, Druidic tree of life. Evergreen trees have long been associated enough to fully participate In the giving of ourselves, we've whether it comes from the sun above us or from the heart of with immortality because they do not shed leaves (or get scheduled a day to make gifts lor each other thus reveling in one preaching love. naked and sleep as my daughters refer to it) each winter. the love that this act creates. My family begins celebrating Yule on the first of December Trees extend their limbs up into the heavens reaching force Yule in our home is ultimately a time of love and sharing, and continues right up to January 6; the epiphany when the lestial beings with their powerful branches while boring deep seeking the light that lives within each of us. We hope by cel Magi arrived with gilts for Jesus, guided by a light In the dark Into the heart of our sleeping mother seeking the mystery ebrating this festival of lights and welcoming home the God sky. and magic that lies at her core. Trees epitomize the Wiccan be that we too can coax the warmth out of ourselves as the sun Right away, we begin stringing our apartment with lights lief of "as above so below" reminding us always of our con surely does return every year growing stronger with each and cutting snowOakes to attach to our windows. We con nection with both planes of existence. passing day. sider this a calling lor winter to start and for the light to not After we bring the tree home, we decorate it with lights and be too long in returning with its warmth. ornaments that hold memories from our past. My mother Celebrating Chanukah at JCA-tt•s About Community by Libby Margolis-Pineo Isabelle: I like chocolate coins. • the Gift of Israel Hanna: I like cleaning up. • The Cecelia Levine Community Relations Committee fund hanukah Is a joyous time at the Jewish Community Al Alex: Toys. provides funds to support the Levine Lecture Series liance of Southern Maine (JCA). This year the first night Joe: I like to light the candles on the menorah. • The Center Day Camp (CDC) Building fund provides for the Cof Chanukah, one of the prettiest and most festive of Naomi: I like having chocolate money. continued capital needs of the CDC Jewish holidays, is December 19. Leah: I like getting all kinds of toys. • The Center Day Camp Maintenance Fund for continued up Chanukah is a special time when family and friends gather Emily: Chocolate money. keep of CDC to commemorate the rededication of the temple of Jerusalem Marla: When we eat special foods. • The Center Day Camp Scholarship Fund by lighting a candle each of eight nights. The twinkling candles Maya: I like driedels. • The Ezra fund - Early Childhood Education Program Schol in the menorah shed a lovely light on children's faces, lull of Tommy: I like lighting the candles. arships happy anticipation of a small gift each night. foods cooked in • The ECE fund provides funding for Early Childhood Educa oil such as the potato latke are also very much a part of the Jewlab Famlly Services tion programming and materials celebration, and represent a small measure of oil the Jews had Chanukah at the JCA also involves the elderly. At Jewish • The Harold P. Nelson Playground fund lor upkeep of the centuries ago when defending the Temple. The "miracle" of family Services, JCA Is committed to the continuity of Jewish Center Day Camp playground Chanukah is that the oil lasted for eight days. traditions throughout the life span. Uke many holidays, • The JCA Endowment fund Chanukah is a time for reminiscence. With the lighting of the • The Jewish Family Services supports social service pro Early Chlld.bood Education Program candles, poignant memories associated with the holiday may grams The JCA Early Childhood Education (ECE) program cele be re-kindled; the menorah passed down from grandparents • The Unda and Joel Abromson Fund - for the enhancement brates Jewish holidays such as Chanukah, while honoring the who survived the holocaust; the first Chanukah celebrated of adult Jewish learning diversity of holiday traditions that children bring to our without family as a freshman In college; your children singing, • The Levi Arts fund - supports arts programming at Center school. The ECE incorporates Jewish values, songs, and ac your children expecting a present for each of the eight nights, Day Camp tivities as it provides education and care for children ages 2- your children asking why they can't also have a Chanukah • The Maccabl Scholarship fund 5; with an After School program lor children up to age 12. tree; explaining to the school, (again) that Chanukah is not the • The Stephen Brent Jacobson fund "By nurturing the minds and spirits of children through same as Christmas; experimenting with "low-fat" potato • The Mildred and Ernest Baker CDC Scholarship fund their first school years, we hope to give them the tools to be crepes; remembering Grandma's savory latkes with sour • The Maine Jewish Youth Chorus fund come lifelong learners while respecting the traditions of many cream and homemade applesauce; Chanukah gelt (money); And the Annual Campaign, providing connection and support cultures," said living in an adult care facility that does not allow candles to to Jewish people across the street and around the world. A Primer On Winter Holidays Debora Schofield, Director, Early Childhood Education be lit; and creating new traditions that spread the joy and temporary commercial tradition, Christmas is not a single by Steffan Douglas Morin On November 11 , Baha'i folks celebrated the birth of Baha Program light to those around us. 14 Casco Bay Weekly Investing in your holiday gift giving by Abbie Ostrem For the teen-agers there are a lot of options through the land. As of December 5, 2003, each share is priced at $4. 76, ac clothing line. Here are a couple: · cording to their web-site ( www. shipwreck.net). This stock is ore than once this year, I've heard my relatives and a great gUt for anyone on your list. Good luck and have fun. friends say, "He's so hard to find a gift for" or "She ABERCROMBIE & FlTCH (ANF): $24.97 a share Remember to double check the prices of any of the stocks you Mseems to have everything already". Well, this year, AEROPOSTALE, INC. (ARO): $28.88 a share choose to order as they change moment to moment. how about giving out stock? There are some great stock op TOMMY HILF1GER (fHB): $I3.IO a share HAPPY HOLIDAYS! tions out there that everyone would love to receive-even the kids. Or how about RUSSELL ATHLETICS (RML) for the athlete · Give a gift that will keep on giving. For the most part, people you know well are the ones on on the list, at around $18 a share. ARGOSY GAMING CO. (AGY) your gift list, and picking out stock for someone you know can is a company that owns six riverboat casinos located in the · NASDAQ +39.87 be a lot of fun. With that in mind, take your gift list, sit down central United States and their stock sells for $25.75 a share • in front of the computer, go to www.nyse.com, and check out great for the gambling enthusiast. How about KRISPY KREME 1,,272.29 """.• +3.24% some of the companies listed. (KKD) at around $39.02 a share, for the dough-NUT. K2 (KTO) ' Here are a few, with their stock initials, to get you started, around $14.43 a share would be great for the skier and CAL 4:41, Pt'l ET with prices ranging from under $20 to $80 a share: (There is LOWAY GOLF (ELY) at around $16 a share is perfect for the 1,290 a wide variety of stocks that would be fun to own for children golfer. There's PIXAR (PlXR) at around $69 a share and HOME and maybe a few big kids.) DEPOT (HD) at $34.80 a share. TIFFANY & CO. (TIF) is going 1,275 for $42.62 and HARLEY DAVIDSON (HOI) is at $46.72 a share. MARVEL COMICS (MVL): $27.09 a share The over-all best bet, and the most exciting I found, is a 1,260 WALT DISNEY (DIS): $21.80 a share company called ODYSSEY; although new to the stock game TOYS R US (fOY): $I0.90 a share (it started trading on the American Stock Exchange on Nov. 19 1.. 245 HERSHEY (HSY) $77.80 a share under OMR initials) it is an exciting venture: a marine explo 1_.230 RUSS (RUS): $33.32 a share ration business that hunts for sunken ships and their treas 10 11 12 1 2 3 LEAP FROG (U): $27.89 a share ures under the oceans. It's also into archaeological findings on Black Nativity-In Concert is back and it's better than ever! by Aaron Robinson took the plano part myself. It's truly remarkable when all of that comes together because you get such a fresh, stimulat n December 11,1961 atthe41stTheaterinNewYork ing sound each and every time you perform it, whether it be City, six gospel singers made history. Accompanied by for an audience or just a rehearsal." Oonly a piano and a Hammond B-3 organ, they per There are over 30 performers in Robinson's concert ver formed the gospel song-play Black Nativity by the African sion. That's five times the number in the original Broadway American poet Langston Hughes, which mixes gospel tunes gospel song-play that premiered some 40 years ago. Although with narration of the birth of Jesus. After only 50 perform none of the choristers are African-American, what they lack ances on Broadway, Black Nativity closed. But there was a in heritage, they make up for in spirit. The sound is presented legacy ... a rare recording. Portland composer Aaron Robin in true gospel style. son received a copy of that recording as a gilt one Christmas "What is remarkable about this music is," Robinson states, and was instantly taken with its infectious music. "when taken out of context of the gospel song-play that Robinson recalls, "Aft hough I was very much into American Hughes wrote, its message Is universal. We, of course, all know Music, Ragtime, Jazz, I had never heard of Black Nativity. I fell the wonderful spirituals Go Tell It On The Mountain and Chil in love with it almost immediately." dren Go Where I Send Thee, but very few know of the count Robinson was thrilled and set about to find the musical less other spirituals and gospel numbers that are also cele score so that he could teach it to his choir at Immanuel Bap brant of Christmas that are hardly ever heard, such as Wasn't tist Church in Portland. But because so much of the original That a Mighty Day? and Most Done Travel/in. We have a gospel music was improvised, no written score existed. So Robinson rendition of Joy to the World that literally sends the audience set to the task of transcribing the original LP recording for to their feet with applause!" gospel choir, soloists, plano and organ. Black Nativity-In Concert will be performed on Friday De Robinson explains, "I first transcribed the complete full cember 12 at 8 p.m. and again on Sunday December 14 at 4:30 choral sound from the recording for the choir, and then p.m. at Immanuel Baptist Church, 156 High Street, Portland. coached the soloists into developing their own style from the Admission is $10 for adults and $5 for students. Tickets can lead sheets I had prepared from the original. I hired one of the be purchased at the door or for reservations call 207-879- best theater organists there is, Paul Havenstein II, who im 0071. U>ngston Hughes provises the entire organ part on the Hammond B-3, and I Kwanzaa A Celebration of Family, Community, and Culture by Royce Carlson Kujlcbagulla: Self-determination Ujlma: Collective work and responsibility n 1966, during the Black Freedom movement and after the Ujamaa: Cooperative economics Watts riots, the chair of the black studies department at Cal Nla: Purpose Iifornia State University at Long Beach, Dr. Maulana Keranga, Kuumba: Creativity came up with an idea. That idea was Kwanzaa, a celebration of lmanl: Faith African roots and black unity in America. The Idea has taken hold and now over 20 million people celebrate Kwanzaa in the The colors associated with Kwanzaa are black, for the face of U.S., Canada, England, the Caribbean, and Africa. the people; red, for the blood they have shed; and green, for the The word "Kwanzaa" is derived from the Swahili phrase hope and the color of the motherland. There is a ritual associ "matunda ya kwanza" which means "first fruits." It is based on ated with the seven-day holiday involving the lighting of seven African harvest festivals and is celebrated annually during the candles each representing one of the seven principles. The can seven days after Christmas, from December 26 to January 1. dles are lit alternately each day from left to right. Three red can Kwanzaa is primarily a cultural holiday, not a religious one. Its dles should be placed on the left and four green candles are purpose is threefold: placed on the right in the Kinara, a ritual candle holder. 1. To realfirm and restore rootedness in African culture; This time of year is full of celebrations-Christmas, 2. To serve as a regular communal celebration to reinforce the Hanukkah, and now there is Kwanzaa. All are celebrations of re bonds between people; and flection, unity and hope. The popularity of Kwanzaa continues 3. To introduce the seven principles: to grow. There are dozens of sites about Kwanzaa on the Web. A good introduction to Kwanzaa can be found at the Kwanzaa Wel The seven principles are: come Page. You can also visit Dr. Karenga's Official Kwanzaa Umoja: Unity WebSite. 16 Casco Boy Weekly . ,\"" SI { I1ne From 111e Southworth Planetarium \"~~, ~~' ------box Lobster Pot Brings Big Time Sled Hockey to Maine A Universe of Surprises by Dave Dittmer Northeast: Boston, Buffalo, New York, and New England, for a The Missing three-day round-robin tournament. The tournament will fea Lobster Pot Fads by Edward Gleruon Tortoise: Do I have a choice? s you walk into the Family lee Center in Falmouth Fri ture 15 past and present US National Team members, includ Two views of Ron Howard's latest film starring Tommy Lee Hare: Well, you could try to run away. day night, you will be greeted with all the customary ing four members of the US Paralympic team that stunned the e have something different this week: Hare chuckles to himself. Tortoise grimaces. FREE ADMISSION Jones and Cate Blanchette. Asounds of hockey: the swoosh of the blades gliding sled hockey world by taking gold at the 2002 Salt Lake City by Mark Spearin an article about surprises in the uni Hare: Stars use their own material as fuel by over the ice; the crack of a slap shot taken from the blue line; Winter Paralympics. Also present to drop the first puck at the When: by Andy Keene Wverse. converting light elements into heavy elements. the rumble of the boards after an exceptionally hard check. Lobster Pot will be the coach of that 2002 Paralympic squad, on Howard's The Missing takes on a for What better way to introduce these surprises Tortoise: You don't say. Friday through Sunday, When you catch your first glimpse of the ice, however, you will Boston Bruins great, Rick Middleton. he Missing is a bad movie by a good di midable task: reworking ground already than in a surprising and unusual way: Hare: So, how long do you think the truly mas December 12-14,2003 rector. Most people would agree that Rplowed by John Ford and John Wayne In sive stars-those with the most material-live? realize that this is not hockey as you've seen it before. You've While the focus of the weekend will be on the competition One blissful afternoon the tortoise and the T Ron Howard's new movie is a disap The Searchers; arguably the best western ever hare were busily engaged in their lush garden. It Tortoise glares at some chewed-up flowers. Re arrived at the Alpha One Lobster Pot Sled Hockey Tourna itself, the Lobster Pot will also offer local people the chance pointing follow-up to his widely-praised A made. was just another day in one of those storybook mains silent. ment at the Family lee Center in Falmouth. to try sled hockey for themselves. On Saturday afternoon, Where: Beautiful Mind (which itself was overrated, in Cate Blanchette is equal parts Ethan Ed realms where gardens flourish despite the utter Hare: They are the shortest-lived stars! The "This is the first time we have had an organized four-team everyone will be able to "Skate with Paralympic Gold." my opinion). The story has been compared to wards and Martin Pawley. Her gaze is steady lack of rainy days. The tortoise is focused on his more matter a star has, in general, the shorter its sled hockey tournament here in Maine," says Craig Gray, Lob Weather permitting, the Paralympic gold medal winners will Family Ice Center, John Ford's The Searchers, but The Missing is and her fear of Indians palpable. She's in her hyacinths. Hare has an astronomy book. life span. Red dwarfs, the most common star in ster Pot Tournament organizer. "This will be an opportunity take to the outdoor rink at the Family Ice Center, where they 20 HatTrick Drive not nearly as memorable, despite the pres element as a 'healer' but there's danger galore our galaxy, are the least massive. They can live for the people of southern Maine to see some world-class will show people of all abilities how to skate and puck handle. Falmouth, Maine ence of talented actors Cate Blanchett, Tommy on the prairie, and she heads out to face it for trillions of years. The super-giants hockey players in competition." Sleds and sticks will be available for the public to use. (behind Walmart on Route I) Lee Jones, Val Kilmer, Aaron Eckhart, and Evan when her older daughter is kidnapped. live for only a few million. A mere blink Gray credits the current success of sled hockey in Maine Rachel Wood. She's joined on her quest by Tommy Lee For people who are unacquainted with sled hockey, the of the eye In cosmic terms. That Is sur The fatal flaw of The Missing is that the char Jones. He's spent years living with the natives name accurately describes the sport. It is hockey played from to tournament sponsors Alpha One and the Family Ice Center. Game Schedule: prising. acters and situations are impossible to take se and reappears in the nick of time to guide his a seated position. The sled is an aluminum or steel frame with "The Alpha One 'Rink Links' program has created awareness Tortoise: 1knew it! Look at those tell riously. Blanchett's character, Maggie Gilke daughter on her quest. He's full of pithy wis a molded plastic bucket for a seat. Two hockey blades under of the sport in Maine," says Gray," and the Family Ice Center's Friday, December 12-7pm and 9pm son, is a strong, modern woman-she's an in dom, respect for the land, the natives and their tale rabbit footprints next to the chewed the seat function as the skates. Players propel themselves 'Opportunity Skate' has given players the chance to practice Saturday, December 13- Sam, lOam, Spm and 7prn flowers. Peter, that thief! I wish Mrs. Mac dependent-minded single mother of two young religious beliefs, and could use a shower. Will along the ice with two hockey sticks. The sticks are about weekly." Gregor had put him in a pie. girls. She seems to be the only doctor in her his estranged daughter overcome her resent three feet long, and have metal picks on the butt-end for plant Gray hopes the Lobster Pot will take Hare: Let's try another. Tournament Championship Game area. She wears the pants in her relationship ment of him in order to reunite her family? Is ing and pushing off. The motion of a sled hockey player is sim sled hockey in Maine to the next level. with a rugged farmhand played by Eckhart Dad to be trusted? Will the countryside get Tortoise (irritated): Hares are all ilar to the motion of a cross-country skier double-poling. He says that in addition to the pro (with the solid romance-novel name Brake 'em, or the injuns, or some unknown condition scoundrels. Sunday, December 14 at Sam The ice surface, nets and pucks are exactly the same as gram at the Family Ice Center, a Baldwin). And she has what at first seems like beyond the healers' art? Hare: Indeed. It's the price we pay new program is being devel a complicated relationship with her long-air Ron Howard loves vistas and has taken a lor having engaging personalities. Hey, stand-up hockey, and like stand-up hockey, there are six peo sent father Samuel Jones (played by Jones). page right out of the John Ford style book for you've heard of the dark side of the ple on the ice for each team, including the goalie. Penalties are oped in the Augusta area. Teams Invited: The element that is obviously out-of-place is this one: low angles and low horizons set the Moon, haven't you? Surely, everybody's the same in sled hockey and stand-up hockey, with one major "In a few years, we'd love the movie's genre-The Missing is supposed to mood and he lets the geography do the rest. heard of the dark side of the moon. addition. In sled hockey, "T-boning-" hitting someone's sled to see a Lobster Pot featur Northeast Passage Ice Picks be a Western, set in New Mexico in the 1880s. But how do you form an homage to the style Hare: What an amazing universe this is in Tortoise retracts head into shell. broadside with your sled-is a major penalty. The action on ing four or five sled Boston Blades The story could easily be set in modern times, without just repeating what's been already deed, Tortoise. Hare: Well, It doesn't exlst. There Is no dark the ice is fast, the play is physical, and because the play and hockey teams from the Eastern PVA Islanders and probably should be. The whole western perfectly done once, with John Ford, and per Tortoise (absently pulls up a weed): Yeah, It's side of the moon. The moon rotates and every rules are so similar, anyone who knows hockey will immedi state of Maine." Buffalo Freeze thing is a transparent pretense, but for what fectly again, with later reinvention's of the enthralling. part of It Is exposed to sunlight. We don't see all ately understand the game. purpose? western like Silverado and Pale Ridef! Hare: I have been engaged all afternoon In of the moon because it rotates in the same The Lobster Pot will bring the best four adult teams in the The story takes elf when Maggie's oldest daugh One way is with a stellar cast, and Ron this book about the amazing surprises of the amount of time that it requires to revolve around ter Lily (played by Wood) is abducted by a Howard fills the bill there. Jones looks thread universe. us. It is called synchronous rotation. scar.faced sorcerer played by Eric Schweig. His bare and beaten and Blanchette carries the Tortoise: No, you haven't. It's only one o'- Tortoise (echo effect): I shall have to commit business is kidnapping pretty teenage girls and movie with drive and an inner fire you might clock. that to memory. selling them into slavery/marriage in Mexico. not see In the opening few minutes. Their Hare: Want to hear some amazing facts? Hare: That means that the dark side of the This character might have been more inter faces are the movie, and the script is bare as Tortoise (pulls another weed): No. moon, one of the most well known terms in as The Hangman esting if he was written as a cold-hearted busi bone. It's westerners talking western here, and Hare: Great, I'll start on page I. tronomy is pure fiction. It doesn't exlst. nessman instead of as a psychopathic serial there's more conveyed in a glance and a nod Tortoise grunts Tortoise: We're fictional and we exlst. Wallpapering & killer from a modern cop thriller. Seriously, if than a monologue and an explosion. Hare: Guess which planet has the lowest sur Hare: Oh, please don't become metaphysical. you modernized this story and had David The Missing is the second big western this Fincher direct it the way he did Seven, you'd year. The first was Kevin Costner's horse face temperature? It's not very becoming. Painting Co. have an entertaining revisionist remake of The opera, Open Range, and that puts The Miss Tortoise grunts again. Tortoise (pokes out head): Are you done with Searchers for the young generation. There are ing in some pretty heady competition. Kevin Hare: Wrong! Believe it or not, it's Mercury. that book, yet? Cumberland Coun Professional finishing applicators The closest planet to the Sun has the coldest Hare: Not at all. The universe is infinite. There some sort-of suspenseful scenes of Uly's at Costner tried to out-do Dances with Wolves Residential • Commercial • Industrial tempted escapes from the witch doctor's camp, in Open Range and picked Robert Duvall as surface. are millions of things to learn about the cosmos. but the movie always returns to the main sto the crusty sidekick. When you've got The Tortoise (tiredly): How utterly shocking. Tortoise retracts head and legs. December January • Wallpaper • Stain • Paint • Epoxy • Sprayed Texture Ceilings ryline of Maggie and Samuel teaming up (and, Duke on one side to live up to and Duvall on Hare: Yeah, Isn't it? It has no atmosphere to Hare sits down next tu the shell and continues 5 Friday 7:05pm Hartford 3 Saturday 7:05pm Hershey predictably, bonding) to track Lily across the the other, you better slap leather and come retain heat, so its dark side has a temperature of to read. 6 Saturday 7:05pm Springfield 9 Friday 7:05pm Manchester - Homes, Apartments, Condos • Pressure, Power Washing desert. up with a shootin' iron full of something less than 250 degrees. Venus is always hot. Earth Hare: This isn't boring you, is it? • Interior, Exterior • Wallpaper removal But Ron Howard is a good director of action other than blanks, pard. never gets that cold. Neither does Mars. Those Tortoise groans. 19 Friday 7:05pm Springfield 10 Saturday 7:05pm Wilkes-Barre/Scranton -Aluminum and Vinyl Siding Painted • Water, Fire, Smoke Damage adventures (Willow, Apollo 13), and that makes Cate Blanchette does, for the most part. three planets have atmospheres. The gas giant Hare: Good. I just wanted to be sure ... - Brush, Roller & Spray • Decks Cleaned & Sealed a great difference. Even if the script (by Ken She's gritty and worn but she's not out. Nor planets-Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune 20 Saturday 7:05pm Providence 16 Friday 7:05pm Manchester • All Paints and Epoxy • Kitchen Cabinet Painting Kaufman, based on Thomas Eidson's novel The is she hysterical. She's steady. You find your • Drywall & Platser repair • Sprayed textured ceiling have no real surfaces. And Pluto, well, that does We have holiday shows here at the planetar 27 Saturday 7:05pm Providence 18 Sunday 4:05pm Providence Last Ride) fails him, Howard at least makes The self pulling for her because she deserves it. n't count now, does it? ium! See "A Christmas Story" on Friday or Satur - Paperhanging application & repainting Missing interesting enough to watch, and She earns it, right there on the screen. Tortoise stares intently at the ground and says day evenings in December at 7:00 p.m. 28 Sunday 4:05pm Albany 23 Friday 7:05pm Hartford sometimes enjoy. I remember a slow-building The same can be said for Jones. He's has Prompt, professional, courteous service nothing. 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The Boys' Crusade: The American Infantry in Northwestern Europe. 1944-1945 By Paul Fussell I I Ill • i \'II' I B Reviewed by Franklin Freeman This section discusses tion instead of cold weather clothes for the troops as the autumn those who fought, that is, the changed into winter), Montgomery (a "profoundly offensive per New Yea rs b..ve 2003 aul Fussell's new book, The Boys'Crusade, is both easy and "boys." Fussell writes, "At this sonality"), Patton ("vulgar"), and Eisenhower (the only general II-II hard to read: easy because of the clarity and robustness of distance, it may not be easy to that all the troops said they would unhesitatingly follow into bat I' I: IIIII 1 ; Iii\'. Phis style; hard because the subject matter is so horrific. remember that the European tle). Eisenhower comes away unscathed by just criticism, with Several times I had to put the book down because of a passage I ground war in the west was Patton close behind in integrity. Cltysld.. 15 r=.v.,nts had just read, but I could not put it down for long. largely fought by American Fussell fought in World War II in the 103rd Infantry Division and an affiliate of Jim Fussell gives an overview of the American infantry's fighting in boys 17, 18, 19 years old" was "severely wounded in France." He is one of the most distin Ctampi Prqcjucl:iono Cityside Celebration northwestern Europe during World War II, which, he writes, is a (Fussell, 6). These boys would guished men of letters we have, one of the few we have, so I hes lodestone for many military thinkers. But his chronicle has a fur have made fun of Eisen itate to criticize, especially when I have not been in battle, but I ther purpose: hower's use of the word "cru wonder if there is no room for positive values in war except the "Now, almost 60 years after the horror, there has been a return, sade" to describe their en elimination of horrors such as the death camps and the men who Portland Marriott at 6abl.e Oaks especially in popular culture, to military romanticism, which, if deavor (Evelyn Waugh writes developed them. Were there no heroes, no generous acts? The not Implying that war is really good for you, does suggest that it in one of his letters that the only positive moment In the book for me came when Fussell contains desirable elements-pride, companionship, and the con English troops despised the writes about the courage of the medical aidmen, known as Dec. 31, 2003 sciousness of virtue enforced by deadly weapons. In this book I speeches of Churchill) and medics, how they had to run out onto the battlefield with no have occasionally tried to confront this view with realistic details. "shared certain beliefs." They weapons, only their red crosses on helmets and arm bands, which Some readers may think my accounts of close warfare unjustifi believed America was "the they hoped the enemy would see, and attend to the wounded. But 7:30pm 1:30am ably pessimistic in implication, but attention to the universal best country In the world." what about Horner and Shakespeare, who both, though they To ironic gap between battle plans and battle actualities will suggest :.::.!Z::::...... I!:oilllloJID..;.;:;..:::J that as "the world leader in showed the bloody butchering aspect of war, also left room for a the ubiquity of much of my joyless material. There is nothing in technology" they would certainly win the war, and that, "The terrible glory that is also a part of war. In the !Iliad Hector says, infantry warfare to raise the spirits at all, and anyone who imag American army, despite its screwups, is the best ever in provid "'It is not unseemly for a man to die fighting in defense of his coun ines a military 'victory' gratifying is mistaken" (Fussell, p. xiii). ing the troops with clothing, food, lodging, personal weapons, try.'" In a recent interview Fussell says that the war he can believe Three Fabulous Packages He is out, then, to puncture the bubble of such appellations as and security" (Fussell, 9-10). They hated "Officers of any kind," the in is when invasion of one's own country is threatened. 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First Parish Church, 425 Planning Meeting for American Cancer Society's Re· idea, or general interest, 9:30-11:30am, Wednesdays; Mon-Sun 9:30am-5:30pm. 655-4952. Thursday 11 Orion Auditorium (Mt. Ararat H.S.) 0 F 1o4 A I N £ Thursday, November 11 of Maine Congress St., Portland. lay for Life, 6pm. Falmouth Memorial Library, Fal and Open GIS Seminar, noon-lpm, every Wednesday, The Hay Gallery 594 Congress St., Portland. 773-2513 Acoustic Coffee Southern Maine Children•s Chorus (3pm) 2nd Annual Frostbite Launching 3pm. Compass Pro mouth. 1-S00-464-3102. Room 302, Bailey Hall, USM Gorham. 780-5063. or [email protected] Open Mic Night (7:30pm) Somewhere Else Open House Noon-5pm. Featuring the works of 14 lo ject, East End Beach Boat Ramp, Portland with recep Getting Started workshop providing an Important *Treats-' by various artists through January 4. Asylum Dance w/DJ Kneel (9pm) cal artists. Paintings, ceramics, fine crafts, and more. Harpswell Art & Craft Guild Gallery 123 Harpsweff tion to follow at St. Lawrence Arts and Community Cen Tuesday, December 16 overview to historic home ownership and preserva DJ Sain*don (Down/9pm/21+) The Underground O.C.mberl.l-l7 ter, 76 Congress St., Portland. 828-5289. tion, 9am-4pm, Saturdays, Walker Memorial Library, Elizabeth & Main Gallery of Art, 238 Main St, Gorham. Neck. Hours: Sat-Sun 10am-5pm. 833-6081 or BottomzUP Holiday Hours: Thurs.-Fri. !Oam-6pm; Sat.-Sun. Club Diesel wfDJ Dan (21+) Surf Movie Nights 6pm, The Saco Museum, 371 Maine Main St., Westbrook. 833--6544. 80's College Nite (8pm) Brown Bag Lunch Series Noon-1pm. Portland Public Noon-Spm. 67l-S237. Yosaku FMi:Call 828-123'4 ext. 221 Street, Saco. 283-3861. The Greater Portland Maine Genealogical Society *Work of six guild members. The Bramhall Pub Library, 5 Monument Square, Portland. 871-1710. ICA at MECA Porteous Building, Congress St., Port The Marc Chillemi Quartet (Jazz/8:30pm) Fundamentals of Landlordlng Workshop6-S:30pm. meets lpm, the first Saturday of each month, Cape Eliz The Jerks of Grass Writing A Business Plan i-4pm. Score, 100 Middle St., land. 775-3052. AmeriCorps & YouthBuild Programs Office, 190 Bates abeth at Thomas Memorial Library. 797-7927. Friday, November 12 (b!uegrass/9:30pm/2l +) Second Floor, East Tower, Portland. Jante11011 Gallery 305 Commercial St., Portland. Hours: Sunday 14 St., Lewiston. 882-7552. Gregorian Chants 7:3[)..8:30pm. Cathedral of the Im The Greater Portland Parkinson Support Group all Brian Boru those with Parkinson's, as well as their families and Mon-Sat 10am-6pm. 772-5522orwww.jamesongallery.com. Acoustic Coffee maculate Conception, Portland. Last concert of the Gallery opening. llam-Spm, Source Gallery and Cus Stream (Reggae/9pm/21 +) Kids' friends are welcome, 2pm, the fourth Sunday of each tom Frame Studio,l29 Spring Street, Portland. June Fltzpatrick Gallery 112 High St., Portland. Hours: Sweet Dream Recording Artists (10am-2pm) Littte Mornina out Friday, December 12 year. Will resume in February 2004. month, Falmouth Congregational Hall, 267 Falmouth noon-Spm Tues-Sat and by appointment. 772-1961. BuU Feeney's Chess Club (llam-3pm} Deeemberll June Fltzpatrick Gallery @Maine College of Art 522 Maine Songwriters Showcase (8pm/2l +) Big Easy An AmeriCJm Holiday Family 7:30pm. Windham Cham Road, Falmouth. 797-S927 or 774-3312. Galleries Wednesday December 1 7 Inner Ught Spiritualist Omrch healing Service 6pm, Main Congress St., Portland. Hours: Tues-Sun noon-5pm. Center for Cultural Exchange DJ Jay (I Opm/21 +) lOam-Noon ber Singers, North Windham Union Church, N. Wind 879-5742 x283. Susan McKeown & Johnny Cunningham (7:30pm) ham. 892-1810. Service 6:30pm, Sundays, Memorial Chapel, 2nd floor, A Gaiie.y Harpswell Neck Road, West Harpswell. 833-6544. Brian Boru Music Movement and more with Carrie Croft! Family Music with Pat Cannon 10:3()-llam, Warren Lajos Matolcsy Art Center 480 Maine St., Norway. Free Street Taverna Festival of Trees 11:30am-1 pm Warren-Westbrook Con Williston-West Church of Christ, 32 Thomas Sl., Portland. *Exhibit by Joan Dickins, ongoing Irish session music (3-7pm) Memorial Library, 479 Main St., Westbrook. Hours: Sat and Sun llam-4pm. 998-2497. Green & Bosse New Orleans (Blues Rock/!Opm) gregational Church, 810 Main St., Westbrook. 854-9157. 831..{)702, 786-4401 or glorygirl@midmaine. com. Area Gallery USM Woodbury Campus Center, Port Bull Feeney's Kids First Center A non-profit organization that offers land. Hours: Mon-Thurs Bam-4:30pm. Fri Sam-4:30pm. Lewis Gallery, Portland Public Library, 5 Monument Headliners Rachel Griffin (7:30pm/2l+) Cool Science Black Nativity-ln Concert 8pm Immanuel Baptist Square, Portland. Church, !56 High Street, Portland. 879-0071. Ongoing programs with the purpose of providing practical in Sat 9am-3pm. 78().5009. DJ Baby J (9pm/2l +) David's Restaurant Utile Sebago Gallery & Frame 765 Roosevelt Trail, formation and suggestions to help separating or di Art Gallery USM Gorham. Hours: Tues-Fri f lam-4pm. Merrill Auditorium Jenny Woodman Acoustic Duo (6pm) Winter Wonders 14th Annual Messiah Sing-A-Long 7:30pm Maine Music Windham. Hours: Mon-Fri 9:30am-5pm. Sat 9:30-4pm. Society. St. Joseph's Church, 253 Main St., Lewiston. Amnesty International 7:30pm.Meets the second Tues vorcing parents focus on the needs of their children. Sal l-4pm. 78().5460. (PSO) Magic of Christmas (7:30pm) Free Street Taverna 892-S086 or info@li ttlesebagogallery.com. 4pm 782-1403. day of the Month at Casco Bay Ferry Terminal's Con For program dates and additional information: Art Gallery at the University of New England, West Old Port Tavern Open Mic wf Tyler of Sly Chi 761-2709, [email protected], or write: 222 St. John St. brook Coffege Campus, 716 Stevens Ave., Portland. Local 188 Gallery 188 State St., Portland. Using artifacts and games, discover te habi Alpha One Lobster Pot Sled Hockey Tournament ference Room, Commercial St., Portland. 874--6928. Karaoke w/ DJ Mike C (9pm/21+) Suite 101, Portland, ME 04102. Hours: Wed, Fri, Sat and Sun 1-4pm. Thurs 1-7pm. *New Paintings by Broadbent and Dahlquist, ongoing. tats and adaptations that creatures use to 7pm. Family Ice Center, Falmouth. Art of Maine Classes each Friday. Study 4 Maine artists (9:30pm/21+) Merrill Anditorium and their art form, children ages 10 and up, The League of United Latin American Citizens meets 797-7261 x4499 or www.une.edufart. Long Hall Gallery Maine Coffege of Art, Porteous survive the long winter season in Maine. Freeport High School Chamber Choir I pm, Freeport Building, Portland. Port West Verrlllos Convention Center (PSO) Magic of Christmas (2pm/7:30pm) ., Community Library, Freeport. 865-1953. 12:30pm-2pm, Craft room, Warren Memorial Library, 6pm, fourth Thursday of each month, Reiche School, *Images in black and wllite by Peter Michelena and Dirk David Bullard (6pm) 166 Brackett St., Portland. 767-3642. McDonnell through January 18. Lyn Snow Gallery 87 Market St., Portland. Hours: Old Port Tavern lith Annual Gala Christmas Concert 7:30pm. Olin arts 4 79 Main St., Westbrook. 8S4-5891. Somewhere Else Uteracy Volunteers of Portland helps adults improve Atrium Gallery USM Lewiston-Auburn Campus, 51 Sun-Thurs 10am-6pm. Fri -Sal 10am-7pm. 773-5252. Karaoke w/ DJ Mike C. Center, Bates College, Russell St., Lewiston. 753-0970. Art Night Out open bead night, Wednesday evenings, Karaoke w;DJ Larry (9pm) Festival Neputa 6-9pm, 352 Cottage Road, South Portland. 799-5154. literacy and english speaking skills. We train and assign Westminster St., Lewiston Hours: Mon-Thur, 8am-8pm; *Works by Lyn Snow, ongoing. (9:30pm/21 +) 2,3',&4pm The Brain Tumor Support Group of Maine 7-9pm, tutors to work with indivuals or communtiy literacy Fri Sam-4:30pm; and Sat, 9am-3pm. 75:l-6500. Maine flberarts 13 Maine St., Topsham. 729-5728. RI-Ra Saturday, December 1 3 second Tuesday of each month, Maine Medical Cen programs. 780-1352. *Earthly Beautitudes by Kerstin Engman and Lillian *Fiber Reworked: Knilfing & Weaving Transformed by 12 Live Jazz Brunch (I lam) VISitors, two years and up, will be invited to ter's Charles A. Dana Health Education Center, room #1, Look Good, Feel Better sessions for women with ap Baker Kennedy through December 13. Donald Talbot though December 31. !!!~~ole Somewhere Else Bake Sale l0am-2pm. Cape Elizabeth Music Boosters, learn about the Japanese festival held in Au 22 Bramhall St., Portland. 871-4527 or [email protected]. pearance-related side effects from cancer treatment, Aucocisco Galleries 615A Congress Sl., Portland. 775-2227. Malnely Frames & Gallery 534 Congress St., Portland. Poetry Slam (7:30pm) OJ Beulla (4-IOpm) Pond Cove IGA. 799-4438. Hours: Mon-Wed l0am-6pm. Thurs and Fri 10am--8pm. Asylum gust to away the summer tiredness. Books and Babies for babies 6-24 months old and their l-3pm, 2nd Monday ol each month and 5:3()..7:30pm, Bayview Gallery 58 Main St., Brunswick. Hours: Man The Station flush 7th Annual Chrisbnas (.i'aft Fair 10am-4pm Kenneb caregivers, Tuesdays, 9:30am. Tales for Tots for tod 4th Monday of each month_ Cancer Community Center, Sat 10am-5pm. 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"drink, art & open mic" open to all genres, 7pm, second sculptures as well as Silver Veil abstract vessels by Tues-Fri llam-4pm. Bridgeway Restaurant Free Street Taverna Deering Congregational Church, 1346 Washington Ave. Bobby Laine (Piano/6pm) Alpha One Lobster Pot Sled Hockey Tournament Sam. 797-2487. Monday of each month, Local 188, longfellow Square, Chris Heilman, ongoing. Portland Coalition Art Gallery 688 Congress St., Port Hip Hop Open Mic wf BoonDox December 13' BrianBoru Family Ice Center, Falmouth. Co-Dependants Anonymous 6-7:30pm. A 12-step fel Portland. 729-6333 or www.mainewriters.org. Coolidge Center for the Ar1s, Wentworth-<:oolidge Mansion, land. Call ahead for hours. 772-2208. (9:30pm) An American Holiday Family 2pm and 7:30pm. Wind Pneuma (9pm) 2pm lowship of people whose common purpose is to de Man to Man Monthly discussion group meets first 375 little Harbor Rd., Portsmouth, NH. 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SINGLE Bl.CURIOUS WM, 25, 5'10", 190 lbs, seeking played in a game for the football team, becoming the seeks strong, healthy Male who appreciates femininity, and out. I enjoy many interests. If you are interested, painfully honest, romantic, self-employed. Love kids, movies since 2001. To what should we attribute her Drug-free. You be, too. "85139 older Gentleman for intimate encounters. Discreet and first female in school history to score a touchdown. simple elegance, brings an open heart and compas· call! "85069 fishing, camping, traveling, weekend getaways, mu success? Lots of talent, for one. A playwright mother healthy a must. "85060 During the span of a few glorious hours, she wore both sionate spirit to partnership. Some spiritual orienta· seums, boating. Diligently looking for slim, well 50-YEAR-OLD MARRIED BIWM, 5'9", 200 lbs, clean who exposed her to the theater early, for two. During A GIRLFRIEND WANTED by a SBM, 40, professional a helmet and a tiara. Like Vanessa, you Geminis now tion important. Love the arts, cross-country skiing, dressed Gal for monogamous relationship. tt85198 her recent appearance on Carson Daly's "Last Call" TV job, special, handsome, laid-back and gentle. Love and discreet, L/D, N/Drugs. Seeking Men, 40 or over, * have the potential to notch triumphs in two separate nature, hiking, kayaking, NYC. " 85046 who are well--endowed, who would like to be relieved. show, she revealed a ballsy magic that constitutes a people, nature. Desperately seeking big beautiful spheres using different sets of skills. VERY HANDSOME MAN, 45 (look 30s), 6'4", 195 lbs, Must be clean, neat, discreet and willing to meet me in third ingredient. She told Daly she keeps the testicles Women who show true colors and honesty. For dining DANCE WITH MEl DWF, 5'3", solid build, brown hair, nice build, funny, intelligent, caring, very successful, of her Great Dane, which she had neutered a few years out, long drives, quiet times at home. Race open, 170 Norway. "85039 CANCER (June 21.July 22): The world's most famous brown eyes, upbeat but laid-back, beautiful smile, dim outdoors person. Looking for pretty Lady with beautiful ago, in a jar of formaldehyde by her bed. Take inspira lbs+. "85144 Cancer, U.S. President George W. Bush, has described ples. Seeking slender Male, 30-55, clean-cut, easygoing eyes, slender, outdoorsy, intelligent and sweet. u85040 50S LADY, 5'4", 135lbs, blonde/blue, attractive, sen tion from her example, Capricorn. it's high time you ac but energetic, financially secure and knows how to sual, seeks tall, H/W/P Man for casual fun, dancing, his relationship with newspapers this way: "I glance at ATTRACTIVE, EASYGOING SINGLE dad of one teen. VERY POSITIVE PERSON. SWM, 40, full or life, SOH, knowledged Lhe fact that skill and hard work may not treat a Lady. Call me, let's dance the night away! tt85058 dining, movies, good conversation, lots of laughter, the headlines just to kind of get a flavor for what's mov· 5'9", 170 lbs, black/brown, athletic build. Likes travel, big heart, self..employed, nice smile, lotsa fun, sports, be enough to get you where you want to go; you also for many adventures. tt85014 ing. l rarely read the stories, and get briefed by people DONT MISS Olff. This petite, blonde/green, adven sports, beaches and life! ISO attractive, H/W/P, femi travel, romantic evenings. Seeks soulmate for the finer who read the news themselves." Please don't imitate need mojo. turous, intelligent Lady wan ling to meet Single, happy, nine Female, 5'4" or under, 3040, who likes to laugh things in life. (MA) "85009 AlMOST VIRGIN! 45-YEAR-OLD White Male ISO older, Bush's approach as you gather information in the com nonsmoking Man, 40•. My interests include (but not and enjoys life in general, with similar interests. u85002 dominant Woman to teach me to please a Woman and ing days, my fellow Crabs. It's crucial that you never AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): "So many of us are not in limited to) kayaking, dancing, hiking, movies, having Alternatives discipline me. I'm 5'8", 230 lbs, gray/brown, healthy, our bodies, really at home and vibrantly present there," ATTRACDVE, EASYGOING SM, Widower, 46, good rely on third·hand reports as you penetrate to the root friends over, cooking together. Looking for dating drug.free and N/S. You be, also. Race and looks unim says dancer Gabrielle Roth. ''Nor are we in touch with sense of humor, open-minded, outgoing, zest and pas of every unfolding plot. You know how journalists M Seeking M the basic rhythms that constitute our bodily life. We and/or possible LTR. "85018 sion for life. Looking for Lady with same. Enjoy long portant. "85097 sometimes bury really interesting and mysterious de 52-YEAR-OLD GWM, 5'10", 1951bs, brown/brown, live outside ourselves- in our heads, our memories, DWF, 39, 5'5",1ull-figured, brown/ brown. Mother of a rides, music, walks on beach, mountains. Looking for ATTRACTIVE, 35-YEAR-OLD BIWM in Buxton, looking tails at the end of their stories? That's what life will do. interested in friendship, dating, possibly more. You our longings- absentee landlords of our own estate." 12-yea r~ld. Work lull-time. Enjoy music, dancing, out Lady who's also sensual, passionate and romantic (as for other Bi Guys or Couples or even a Single Woman be: 35-60, prefer N/S, social drinker, no drugs. Inter Does any of that description fit you, Aquarius? If so, doors, go to the gym daily. Honest, caring, loyal. Look I am). " 85175 for some daytime fun. ru be discreet and ask you to LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): After a study found that a ma ests: dining, dancing, having fun times and quiet jority of heterosexual men dive into sexual intercourse here's good news: The months ahead will provide you ing for honest, caring, open Man. Looking for a monog be, also. Leave your name and phone number and with the best opportunity ever to come home to your DWM, 35, UGHT brown/blue, likes sports, camping, times ... sitting by a fire , beach walks. Sincere, hon without any warm·up, Britain launched its first annual amous relationship. u85027 we'll go from there. "85015 body, to inhabit it with robust awareness and grati· outdoor activities, having a good time. Looking for SF est, caring. Let's connect. u85001 National Foreplay Day last July. How about if we borrow I'RE£SPIRITED, flJNNY, YOUNG S().ish professional for dating, maybe LTR. Must have good sense of hu Bl WHITE MALE, 45, 6', 190 lbs, into cross-dressing, tude. 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Must be healthy. tt85023 Besides, from an astrological perspective this is a fa· Man, 4:>-70, who can fully appreciate who I am. lf you cially secure, enjoy doing almost anything outdoors vorable time to expand your mastery of the arts of embrace life with all its uncertainties, are comfortable PISCFS (Feb. 19-March 20): Each week I give my read (biking, motorcycling, hiking, kayaking, camping, soft DECENT GUY, ENJOY work, passionate about inter BIWM, ATTRACTIVE, 44, totally submissive, seeking love. In fact, let's borrow another British holiday, Na In your own skin and can still laugh at yoursell, call ers homework. A recent assignment was to finish the ball, basketball), beaches, movies, music and variety or ests, like to meet someone to share them, easygoing, dominant Males, Females or Couple. Will totally suJ:>.. tional Orgasm Day. I hereby proclaim this Universal me. " 85126 sentence, "The one thing that keeps me from being my· other things. If this interests you, give me a call! u85038 enjoy going out and having a good time with friends. mit to your pleasure. (NH) "85031 Foreplay and Orgasm Week for all Leos. Interests: brunch on Sunday, movies, plays, new res self is ."Many respondents filled in the blank flJN-LOVING, CURIOUS, PLAYflJL Woman seeking BUXTON GWM ISO slim, sexy BiGM, heaithy, in need with "my fears." Other common answers were '"lack of ENERGETIC OlJfDOORS lYPE. SWM, 61, 195lbs, tall, taurants, cycling. I'm masculine, fit and looking for VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): This week's horoscope fea warm companion for long·term enjoyment of lile. I'm of companion and hot oral fun. Very discreet. Don't slender, average, self-employed, N/S, passionate, un same. "ft85065 tures the poetry of U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald money," "my spouse," and "my obsession with every· 50 and ready for more of what life holds. Come find wait, hurry and call. ~85051 derstanding. Seeking a warm, friendly, romantic Lady, Rumsfeld. Delivered at a news briefing, it provides a one's images of me." But the best contribution was me. "85189 EX-GAY MAN, 50, now married, would like to meet an from Ann-Marie at www.getunderground.com. She said, 40-65. You are active, into sports and outdoors, cre DISCREET, MASCUUNE GUY, 34, seeking a Single or perfect frame for the current state ol your fate ... As we ex-Gay Man for friendship. No sex. tt85142 "The one thing that keeps me from being myself is peo KIND "PHREAKS" ... COME out and play with this kind ative, homemaker, country type who's natural, with a Married Guy for mutual pleasure, no strings attached. know," he said, "there are known knowns. There are ple's reluctance to lick patent leather." By not taking "phreak" Girl. Let's jam to tunes, climb a mountain, en· love of life. Ready to build an involved relationship. UFE. NOT A rehearsal. What if l did or didn't do this or I'm healthy and easygoing, you be, too. "85044 things we know we know. 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