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Bicycling ascetic Kimberly Cooper crusades tirelessly for cyclists' rights -- and does her best to survive the morning commute. Story
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Sunday Journal: Otherwise engaged
Right now I am supposed to be compiling thoughtful reflections from my recent trip to Berlin. I am also supposed to be reading Camus for a grad school assignment, cleaning the house and attacking the pile of unopened mail shoved into the overflowing shoe box by the front door. Instead, I am staring into the sparkling sea of colors and light that radiates from my left-hand ring finger. If I position it just right, I can see all the colors of the rainbow one by one as I circle my finger ever so slightly. Magenta, blue, purple, green, yellow, orange. A kaleidoscope of possibilities.
There's no explaining this 'Non Sequitur'
You may have a hard time figuring out what Wiley Miller's comic strip is about. So does Wiley Miller.

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How does The Simpsons consistently keep hitting that Homer out of the park? We offer 10 reasons why this comedy's an American classic. Story
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New season, new blockbuster
The Tampa Bay Performing Arts center gets The Producers for its next Broadway series. But a shorter run means the show won't challenge the box office record of this season's Lion King.
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ZWAN, MARY STAR OF THE SEA (REPRISE RECORDS) While Smashing Pumpkins devotees still mourn the group's breakup, front man Billy Corgan, still bald and harboring a messianic complex, delivers the antidote to combat the stale rock scene of late with Mary Star of the Sea, the debut album from his new band, Zwan.
Art Talk: Playwright Albee to give lecture
If playwright Edward Albee were a visual artist, he probably would have been a realist with a dose of expressionism thrown in, sort of like Lucian Freud, whose portraits and nudes are as ghastly as they are beautiful.