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    One of my favorite TV shows ended its five-year run on Tuesday and I’m wondering if it’ll be the last great network show I watch. New Amster...
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    How are those resolutions coming along? It’s Day 7 of January 2023, a full week after many of us toasted the new year at midnight and resolv...
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    When the seven guys formed the band that became Chicago , they had a mandate: create a sound that was a rock band with horns. And they did. ...
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    One of the standard guiding principles for second seasons of TV shows is the same but bigger. That principle is alive and well in season two...
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    At least nine times a year, I start a book with zero knowledge about it. And it’s wonderful We’re all readers here, right? How do you usuall...

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