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And the Winner Is...

Posted on Feb 10, 2004, Source: North Bay Bohemian

Announcing top honors for the year's most non-Oscar-like award shows, with nods to everything from the most luxuriant hair to the best use of a moist towelette.

Presents of Mind

Posted on Dec 10, 2002, Source: AlterNet

A short list of clutterless--and dustless--gift ideas

Looking For Frida Khalo's Ghost

Posted on Nov 11, 2002, Source: AlterNet

Renowned travel writer C.M Mayo on La Casa Azul, Trotsky's 'Death House' and the other haunted artistic landmarks in the new movie, Frida.

I Am Groupie, Hear Me Roar

Posted on Sep 26, 2002, Source: AlterNet

Pamela Des Barres, the world's most famous rock & roll muse, sizes up feminism, life with the band and the new film, "The Banger Sisters."

Why Michael Chabon Won't be Seeing Spider-Man

Posted on May 7, 2002, Source: AlterNet

It's not the movie -- it's the PG-13 rating the author and comic-book fan is protesting.

Web Master: The 'Real' Spider-Man Speaks

Posted on May 6, 2002, Source: AlterNet

Indie filmmaker Dan Poole takes on Sam Raimi, organic web-shooters and the Marvel-ous new movie.

A New View of Easter

Posted on Mar 19, 2002, Source: AlterNet

Why does Easter lore revolve around Jesus bleeding, Jesus suffering, Jesus in pain? Maybe it's time for a more humane version of Christianity's most sacred holiday.

First Kisses

Posted on Feb 12, 2002, Source: North Bay Bohemian

Wanna know how kissing got started? Are you sure? According to anthropologists, it's not that pretty...

Can Jesus Survive the New Millenium?

Posted on Apr 3, 2001, Source: North Bay Bohemian

After almost 2000 years of Christianity, religious historians want to know, "Does Jesus have a future in the new Millennium?" The answer is Yes -- and No.

Secret Society

Posted on Jan 30, 2001, Source: North Bay Bohemian

Hold on, humans. A revolution is coming. At least, so say anthropologist Paul H. Ray and psychologist Sherry Ruth Anderson, who believe that "cultural creatives" -- who number at least 50 million in America alone -- are soon to change the world.

Dharma and Greed

Posted on Nov 28, 2000, Source: North Bay Bohemian

Recent estimates put the number of American Buddhists at somewhere around 3 million. In a culture obsessed with a hunger for wealth and property, how do they follow an ascetic spiritual path?

Celebrating The Worst in Human Achievement

Posted on Nov 21, 2000, Source: North Bay Bohemian

If you think scientists are sober-minded people who have little tolerance for tomfoolery, you obviously haven't witnessed the riotous Ig Nobel awards ceremony. Now a 10-year-old tradition coinciding with the announcement of the Nobel prizes, the Ig Nobel ceremony awards 10 people whose whose achievements were stunningly insignificant.

Gone in 60 Seconds, But Not Forgotten

Posted on Jun 20, 2000, Source: AlterNet

Allegra Burke, sister of the late film director H.B. Halicki, talks about driving fast, missing her brother, and the remake of his cult classic, Gone in 60 Seconds.
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