Her Point/His Point
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MARK GRAY
In a magazine interview published last week, actress Susan Sarandon, 66, was asked about the “best age.” For a woman, she replied, “It has be to post-30 because you spend your 20s t...
Apr 19, 2013 | 0 | 2 |
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DAWN BRANDVOLD-GRAY
Children’s author Maurice Sendak said, “I wish you all good things. Live your life, live your life, live your life.” And that is the thought that keeps running through my h...
Apr 06, 2013 | 0 | 3 |
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DAWN BRANDVOLD-GRAY
The question was first posed by Anne Shirley, beloved heroine of Lucy Maud Montgomery’s Anne of Green Gables series. Anne asked Matthew Cuthbert if he would rather be “di...
Mar 24, 2013 | 0 | 2 |
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MARK GRAY
Scientists are researching the idea that women approach religion more emotionally than do men. This concept is similar to how my wife and I viewed last week’s election of the new Ro...
Mar 11, 2013 | 0 | 2 |
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Men are not immune from wasting time; after all, ESPN was built on the idea that males are inclined (while reclining) to munch on potato chips and watch a string of meaningless college basketball ...
Mar 10, 2013 | 0 | 2 |
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My children were the “gateway drug” to my presence on Facebook. They would tell me to look at this or that on Facebook. Finally I caved in and signed up. I wouldn’t call it an addiction, but isn’t...
Feb 11, 2013 | 0 | 2 |
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Helen Keller said it best: “Lit erature is my Utopia.”
I read 61 books in 2012. That’s not a record. I went for quality, not quantity this year. That’s not to say I didn’t read some less-than...
Feb 11, 2013 | 0 | 4 |
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I n 2012, I read only 37 books. I say “only” because my wife is a more voracious reader than I. She should have a plaque in her honor at the local Barnes and Noble.
If there’s one major differ...
Jan 27, 2013 | 0 | 2 |
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B ritish Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher told a magazine interviewer, “If you want something said, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a woman.”
My wife would probably agree with Thatc...
Jan 27, 2013 | 0 | 2 |
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I am an action figure. If something needs to be done, do it. If the band-aid needs to come off, quick is best. I think most moms are the same way. We know that if we don’t pick up as we go, the pi...
Jan 14, 2013 | 0 | 2 |
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At the start of every new year, my wife and I face the annual goal of cleaning up our home (or as my wife says, “de-junking”). This is a common chore for most couples, and I suspect more than a fe...
Dec 29, 2012 | 0 | 3 |
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My wife appreciates the Christmas season more than I do, but she bristles at the unthinking, slavish, and desperate attempts at gift giving, the purchase of anything (often at the last moment) to ...
Dec 14, 2012 | 0 | 3 |
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I have no scientific study to back it up, but it appears to me that women place more emphasis on holidays and special occasions than men. (Who places the assorted spring/summer/fall/winter wreaths...
Nov 14, 2012 | 0 | 1 |
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By DAWN BRANDVOLD-GRAY I’ m not afraid of black cats, my favorite number is 13, and if it looks stable I’ll walk under a ladder without a thought. I like to think of myself as practicing “pro-...
Nov 02, 2012 | 0 | 2 |
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By DAWN BRANDVOLD-GRAY I come from a strong tradition of car lovers. My dad lovingly cared for the family auto, inhaled new car scent like it was his job, and even enjoyed the maddening rituals ...
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By MARK GRAY Clipper Columnist Until last week, I had been successful in avoiding the hospital surgery room.
The idea that I should pay a mere mortal (even if he is a surgeon) to start cutti...
Oct 01, 2012 | 0 | 2 |
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By MARK GRAY Not everyone enjoys election years, but I do. I view political campaigns as a cat-and-mouse game, with politicians using polls and focus groups and emotionally-based messaging to cro...
Sep 20, 2012 | 0 | 4 |
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Like my colleagues, I am also curious as to why the State Board of Education feels such urgency in filling the vacant seat of Utah’s State Superintendent (Larry Shumway, who is retiring). It seems...
Apr 07, 2012 | 0 | 4 |
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MARK: The women at our dinner party were all in agreement. Women, they say, are short-changed by their husbands.
“Sometimes we want to feel weak and receive some cuddling care and sympathy,” they ...
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Dawn: My resolution this year is to stop making fun of people who consistently make futile New Year’s resolutions – and like most resolutions, I’m already breaking it.
The best example of resolutio...
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