Whenever I buy a generic product, I’m reminded of one of the final episodes of “Clerks: The Animated Series.” A bleeding man enters the convenience store and asks Randal, a clerk, if the store has Band-Aids. Randal informs the customer the proper term is “adhesive strips,” which leads coworker Dante to question the timing of […]
Frontyard game made me tough
September 11, 2010
Karl Terry As the days get shorter and the nights a lot cooler it’s time to put our ball gloves aside and pick up our pigskin preoccupation. I’ve been fortunate to spend a good number of seasons on the sidelines at a high school football game even though the last time I played was in […]
Jan. 4 Shopping with Tonya
December 31, 2007
Horizontal lines cut off the figure and make you appear shorter and wider than you are. Avoid tops and bottoms that are in high contrast. It is better to choose similar colors to create an elongated look. Happy shopping.
Size doesn’t solve society’s issues
May 31, 2007
By Helena Rodriguez: CNJ staff writer My dad was talking to my 10-year-old niece, Mireya, recently about the music devices he grew up with — cassettes, reel-to-reels and eight-tracks. “And those ‘big CDs,’” Mireya remarked about the old vinyl records. This remark not only cracked me up, it got me started thinking about how so […]
