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Bald is beautiful

Posted by jkarr at 5:13 pm, Saturday, February 16th, 2013
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Ringing the bell

Posted by dearley at 11:04 pm, Friday, February 15th, 2013
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Football talk

Posted by dearley at 11:23 pm, Friday, February 15th, 2013
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The hilarious things Frank Martin said about his awful basketball team, an NFL lineman sings Gotye and sweetheart scams on the rise in North Carolina

Posted by Patrick Donohue at 11:54 am, Friday, February 15th, 2013
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This Nike ad featuring Oscar Pistorius hasn't aged well in light of the Olympian being charged with murder in connection with the death of his model girlfriend. 

Currently ... Watching: The high drama of Bravo's reality show 'Vanderpump Rules'

Posted by jpaprocki at 6:23 pm, Thursday, February 14th, 2013
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There is nothing particularly new or innovative about “Vanderpump Rules,” the latest offering from reality TV titan Bravo.

But that hasn’t stopped me from watching every single episode.

There are impossibly beautiful people working menial jobs and still managing to take themselves really seriously.

There is back-stabbing. There is drama. There is crying.

There will be a multi-part reunion.

An amphibious assault vessel gets a Starbucks, a new Strokes single and an Apple TV coming month?

Posted by Patrick at 12:55 pm, Thursday, February 14th, 2013
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Charleston Magazine has a preview on next month's Savannah Stopover.

The most stylish set of playing cards ... maybe, ever.

Rene Redzepi and other famous chefs and foodies talk about their most romantic meals.

Just because you missed the Cold War doesn't mean you can't appreciate 'The Americans' and root for the bad guys

Posted by lfarrell at 6:25 pm, Wednesday, February 13th, 2013
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Hey guys, let's think outside the drug-store quality chocolate box this Valentine's Day

Posted by Patrick Donohue at 6:28 pm, Wednesday, February 13th, 2013
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I've seen the commercial 100 times in the past month, and it never fails to leave me flabbergasted and annoyed.

It's an ad for a chocolate company in which several lugheads discuss the possible domestic ramifications of returning home on Valentine's Day without a heart-shaped box of the aforementioned confections.

One such idiot suggests he'll be sleeping in the doghouse.

Another predicts "trouble."

If you're not brightening your teeth or covering yourself in lotions ...

Posted by lfarrell at 6:06 pm, Wednesday, February 13th, 2013
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Down by the landing

Posted by jkarr at 2:32 pm, Wednesday, February 13th, 2013
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A fisherman and a great blue heron fish at low tide on Tuesday afternoon at the Broad River Boat Landing. (Jay Karr • Staff photo, 2/12/13)
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