Oh, Soley and Mia, to sing of you again, with my friend …

I woke up one morning, in 2001, singing a single line from a hit song at the time. Not the chorus, just one line that caught me: “And on the way I grabbed Soley and Mia.” I sang it enough times that morning to annoy my boyfriend, who wanted to know why I chose that line, of all the lines in Blu Cantrell’s “Hit ’em Up Style” to sing over and over.

Absurd, capricious acts happen, without reason or blame

I’m looking at a photo of me, age 6, and two childhood friends. In the picture, I am lying on the floor, watching television, head hanging from the far left edge of a pillow. That’s because I’m sharing the pillow with my two friends, Mokey and Coco.

Fantasy author finds eager market for his popular writing classes

Maxwell Alexander Dake Drake developed his first writing class so that he could offer to teach in return for a break on expenses associated with book promotion. His goal in classes was not to talk like a professor or to spend an hour promoting his own books. He wanted to relate to students and impart useful information. Then, if students liked his classes, maybe they’d be interested in his books.

NFL Breakdown: Favored Giants can’t be trusted

A month ago, the Dallas Cowboys appeared to be in control of the NFC East. Nothing is guaranteed, however, when Jason Garrett is the coach and Tony Romo is the quarterback.

Layoffs hit Pixar due to ‘Dinosaur’ delay

Disney subsidiary Pixar is laying off up to 5 percent of its 1,200 employees after it pushed back the release of “The Good Dinosaur” to November 2015 from next May.

Decades later, Leonard, Duran able to laugh about ring rivalry

For this generation of boxing fans that didn’t get to see them fight, watching Sugar Ray Leonard and Robert Duran hug, smile and genuinely enjoy each other’s company must have people thinking, “These guys used to beat the hell out of each other?”

Nevada prison industries program turns a profit

Helped by boarding 1,500 U.S. Bureau of Land Management wild horses, the state’s prison industries program turned a profit in the latest fiscal after operating in the red during the previous year.

Legality of Guantanamo detention could be gone next year

During nearly 12 years of legal disputes and political battles, the United States has put off deciding the fate of al-Qaida and Taliban militants who were captured after the Sept. 11 attacks but denied quick or full access to the American justice system.

Rob Ford’s former mayoral opponent: ‘I’m not surprised’

This is the mayor Toronto could have had: George Smitherman, an openly gay liberal who overcame an admitted history of drug use to become Ontario’s deputy premier.

 
UK police looking for ‘invisible handcuffs’ in slavery case

Three women who were freed from a London home were victims of “slavery in simple terms,” and were not trafficked or physically constrained, a senior police officer said Friday.

Court date reset for ousted Nevada Assemblyman Brooks

A California pretrial hearing has been delayed for former Nevada Assemblyman Steven Brooks, who has been jailed since March in a freeway chase and scuffle with officers the day he was expelled from the Legislature.

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