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In defense of the carpooling mannequin and her chauffeur

mannequin.jpg 3:07 PM Fri, Feb 05, 2010 | | Write a comment
By Jack Perry    Email

AP Photo/Suffolk County Sheriff It just doesn't seem fair that a sheriff in New York would pull over and fine a driver for traveling with a mannequin. What does the sheriff's office on Long Island have against mannequins or......

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 Tags  mannequin  

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Happy birthday to you, dear beer can

narrbeercan.jpg 2:22 PM Thu, Jan 28, 2010 | | Write a comment
By Jack Perry    Email

Happy belated birthday, beer can. Canned beer celebrated its 75th birthday this week, on Jan. 24 to be exact, and it's information like this that helps us realize just how difficult life must have been for those pioneers who......

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 Tags  beer   Homer Simpson   Pilgrims  

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This look might weather the storm, but would it weather the wisecracks?

Germany Fashion Week.JPG 11:12 AM Tue, Jan 26, 2010 | | Comments (1)
By Jack Perry    Email

AP photo Don't look now, but this look, modeled during Fashion Week last week in Berlin, could be the hot new look this spring. Maybe it's not such a bad idea if we have another warm (sort of) wet......

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 Tags  fashion  

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Will 'Markus the Prostidude' blaze a new career path?

Nevada Gigolo.JPG 2:06 PM Fri, Jan 22, 2010 | | Write a comment
By Jack Perry    Email

"Markus the Prostidude"/AP Photo/OC Modeling We've all seen the depressing headlines, but if you really want to know how bad the economy is, just ask "Markus," the country's one and only legal gigolo. He started his job last week......

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 Tags  gigolo   prostidude   Shady Lady Ranch  

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Snowbirds and snowsharks head south for the winter

10:23 AM Thu, Jan 21, 2010 | | Write a comment
By Jack Perry    Email

It's finally safe to go back in the water off Cape Cod. Like so many Massachusetts and Rhode Island retirees, a great white shark spotted and tagged by harpoon off Chatham four months ago has apparently gone south for the......

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 Tags  Cape Cod   Florida   shark  

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Now subbing for Tom Brady

hallbrady.jpg 1:59 PM Thu, Jan 14, 2010 | | Write a comment
By Jack Perry    Email

I'm not sure if he could hit Randy Moss on a post pattern, but I'm thinking that actor Michael C. Hall could play Tom Brady in "The Tom Brady Movie," unless, of course, Brady wanted to keep the starring......

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 Tags  Michael C. Hall   Tom Brady  

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If R.I. drivers are the safest, it must be really scary out there?

10:43 AM Thu, Dec 31, 2009 | | Comments (2)
By Jack Perry    Email

Forbes.com rates Rhode Island drivers as the safest in the country. Drivers in Massachusetts rank fourth. I can only wonder if anyone from Forbes.com has ever driven or tried crossing a street in Rhode Island or Massachusetts. If they have......

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 Tags  drivers   Massachusetts   Rhode Island  

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