Category: Pastimes

Music Review: Band Of Skulls ‘Sweet Sour’

Sweet Sour Band Of Skulls CD | MP3 Vagrant Records Release Date: February 14, 2012 As a music geek, one of my favorite pastimes when listening to a new artist is picking out all of their influences. I can usually figure it out right away, but then there are bands like Band Of Skulls. The [...]

Tuesday February 21st, 2012 in Pastimes | Comments Off

Marguerite Oliver, Ann Arbor community leader and owner of Pastabilities, dies …

When Marguerite Bertoni Oliver played Hearts, one of her favorite pastimes, she always shot the moon, said her son, Scott Oliver. Her shooting the moon was very reflective of how she lived life, he said. She really wanted you to go for it. And she always did. Even though she lived her whole life in [...]

Friday January 27th, 2012 in Pastimes | Comments Off

Paula Deen’s Diabetes Diagnosis Infuriates Internet

When Paula Deen told Al Roker yesterday that she has been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, no one was really surprised, but plenty of people were pissed, over all sorts of things: that she hid her condition for so long (three years), that she says she doesnt plan to change what she eats (shell just [...]

Thursday January 26th, 2012 in Pastimes | Comments Off

Specialized shooting rest has Hill City’s Swanson back hunting

Dusty Swanson of Hill City, who was paralyzed from the chest down following a wrestling accident in February 2008, has recently been able to pick up one of his favorite pastimes again with a specialized shooting rest made by fellow quadriplegic Bob Bowen of Chadron, Neb. (Courtesy photo)

Tuesday January 24th, 2012 in Pastimes | Comments Off

Tebow adoration

Dave Granlund has been an editorial cartoonist published in daily newspapers since 1977. Born in Ware, Mass., Granlund began drawing cartoons in grade school and at age 16, he was published on the editorial pages of local weekly newspapers. His eight-year enlistment in the USAF included assignments with SAC HQ and with Headquarters Command, where [...]

Tuesday January 24th, 2012 in Pastimes | Comments Off

Check portable pool rules

CHEAP, portable pools must have been a popular buy around Christmas. Swimming and cooling-off are favourite pastimes at Ipswich family get-togethers and during school holidays. But how many of those pool buyers were aware of strict new regulations requiring fencing and registration for any pool that is capable of being filled to 300mm? Apparently the [...]

Monday January 23rd, 2012 in Pastimes | Comments Off

Tiger moms have it all wrong: study

Demanding parents may believe that strict parenting can make their kids succeed, but a new study has claimed that tiger moms are actually contributing to low self-esteem and high levels of depression in children. In her book Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, Chinese author Amy Chua had suggested that high-pressure parenting of Asians helps [...]

Saturday January 21st, 2012 in Pastimes | Comments Off

Wild Bird Feeding: Is It Ok?

HARRISBURG, Pa., Jan. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ – Feeding songbirds in winter has been an American pastime at least since the days of Henry David Thoreau, who wrote about feeding birds at Walden Pond in the latter 1840s. But Americans have enjoyed watching songbirds clean up our table-scraps and waste grains even before then. [...]

Saturday January 21st, 2012 in Pastimes | Comments Off

Get your kicks

Thinking about the game of kickball might evoke memories of your grade school days. Some people might even put it on the list of favorite pastimes from their youth. Thanks to Abbie Vanderbeck, 30, of Reading, you can relive those memories and also play in games on a regular basis right here in Berks County. [...]

Thursday January 19th, 2012 in Pastimes | Comments Off

On the court with Tanner’s Samara French

Quiet, reserved and somewhat shy, Samara French is the typical teenage girl. The Tanner High junior enjoys pop culture and music, while hanging out with friends is one of her favorite pastimes. But on the basketball court, French is anything but typical. Adjectives like smooth, versatile and driven would be more suitable for this young [...]

Wednesday January 18th, 2012 in Pastimes | Comments Off