Friday, January 5, 2007

Thigh high boots - IT CAME FROM THE SWAMP

Gas prices are down, so its time to hit the road! But where are you going to go? How about exploring some of the less-appreciated features of the Sunshine State, where the beaten path is weedy and overgrown?
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A farmer inspects his expensive heavy machinery as in the Australian wheat belt area of Wimmera, near Warracknabeal some 300 kms northwest of Melbourne.
There's at least once a year when your feet can really beat the streets: holiday time. When it comes to yuletide shopping, it's no time to squeeze your toes into pointy stilettos and pretend to be coo...
Dear Annie: My husband and I are both in our 40s. We have always had a good marriage and have been blessed with three wonderful children.
Christmas albums by popular artists face a pretty significant challenge: how to make the holiday canon, which ranges from medieval plainchant ("O come, o come, Emmanuel") to high classical music to Tin Pan Alley tunes and children's TV show theme music, sound like it belongs to the artist and not let the artist be overwhelmed by what can be a lot of schlock. There are three basic approaches to ...
The bitter wind kicked up swirls of dirt near the tip of her 4-inch, ivory-colored heels. An evening thunderstorm had drenched the sidewalk and mud drops dotted her smooth, bare thighs.
Want to know one simple reason why people reach a performance plateau? Because their week or ten days on the slopes are spent getting back into snow-shape, rather than arriving with the muscles all firing and ready to progress.
Most aspects of life evolve over time. Sports are no exception. For example, football strategy changes with each passing decade. Another example, salaries continue to climb. Lord knows where that will end.