jyn radakovits
Jyn Radakovits is a columnist for Examiner.com as the Chicago Indie Music Examiner, Kill Hannah Examiner, a contributing writer for Chicago Innerview Magazine, and has written and contributed to various bands websites and press kits.
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Finding Furballafter the death of my dog i was in the market for a new friend
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You Are Less Bret Easton Ellis, and More Paris Hilton Penning a Memoira former college friend had the ability to be an amazing writer but threw it all away to write about a drug lifestyle that is just pathetic
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Where Cheekbone Shadows Fallin 2002 i started having a series of weird dreams and writing what later became a journal of weird ramblings published for the first time. in this entry, a psychic wishes a vision of her dead sister in law to her brother so that he can find peace
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Is the Justin Bieber Paternity Case the Perfect Reason to Have the Sex Talk with Your Tweenchances are your teen has questions about sex, take advantage of the bieber case in the news as groundwork for a sex talk
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Given the Childhood Christmases, I'll Take Staying Alone Pleasewhats better than your parents transferring custody for the holidays? being an adult and spending the holiday alone
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Snowglobea lonely child escapes to a magic christmas world in which he can protect a friend being abused by her father
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Our Time Has Ticked Bywhen a relationship drags on beyond its timeline someone must be strong enough to say goodbye
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How Real Witches Celebrate Halloweenthe pagan holiday of samhain celebrates the end of summer and seasons change moving into the dark portion of the year and death of nature and things going dorminant for the winter with a feast and offering to the gods and spirits
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Are Some Costumes Racist or Just Halloween FunWe need to embrace our differences but use the holiday to laugh at these silly parodies of ourselves. I don't think anyone out there is being any of these costumes to offend others.
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Top Ten Best Horror Movie Killerswho is the best horror movie killers of all time
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Trick or Treating Safety Tipsstay safe on halloween by following some safety tips
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Safety Tips for Pet Halloween Costumesanimals have special needs when it comes to costumes to avoid choking, overheating, and difficulty walking
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It Gets Dark Too Quicklyon a cold fall evening after a bad day at work, two dogs greet their master happily
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I Don't Care Where You FallI throw you from my mind. I don't know where you fall. I don't care. An old wives tale rememdy might cast a scorned lover from a womans mind
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A Moment of SpiritualitySpend your energy appreciating life and those in it. Use what gifts you have been given from the creator to be a good person and honor your loved ones and community.
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Chicago Needs a Heroa city without a registered superhero could benefit from a crime fighter
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You Will Be Another Name I Will Eventually Forgetlament for relationships past
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This Has Become a Soloafter the breakup of a friendship there are so many things you would like to say but it becomes a pointless monolouge
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How to Survive in a Horror Movieever yell at the TV when people in scary movies don't obey the rules on how to get away from the killer? Classic movies set the stage for how to be the one that lives
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Pairsit isnt natural to exists in pairs so why does humanity cling to it
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Taking Time to Breatheafter a bad year a friend reminds me to get up and start again
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For Words Your Lips Never Should Have MadeYou tried to kill my once heart But you know you never will I hope the silence between us eats at you I will move on from this
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Some Have a 'bone to Pick' with Costume Named Anna Rexiawhen we needlessly censor ourselves for something that is meant all in fun you are taking away the right of someone that got the humor to have that costume
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2011 Trendy Halloween CostumesTry a new trend or take on a classic because nothing goes out of style when it is Halloween.
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Users Are Not Friends with the New Facebooknew changes to facebook upset most users -
Foo Fighters Say 'Fook You' to Baptist Boycotters of Concertusing wit and humor to defuse the situation, the Foo Fighters took on a picketing church group outside a Kansas City show
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Boycotts to Dancing with the Stars is Disgusting and DiscriminationSince the announcement of this years Dancing with the Stars cast, groups seeking to boycott the show and those launching online attacks against the program have many questioning the outcome.
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True Blood Finale Spoilers: Season Fourmost of this season including the Witch War, the ebb and flow of this gory season was wrapped in a high body count, as only True Blood can -
Memories of How 9/11 Changed MeYears after the 9/11 attacks, I recall going to college that morning and hearing the news.
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Backyard Babies Find Rescueafter days of meowing from the yard, three kittens and their mother are found hiding under the shed in the yard and find rescue from their hiding place by animal control
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Florida Pastor Calls for Online Registry of 'non Christians', Non Believers Equal to Sex OffendersIt may not occur to the nuts in Florida, but putting such a list on the Internet only encourages crimes, hate speech, and violence against other groups
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He's a Meat Eater, I Prefer Grass and Berrieshow to be a veggie surrounded by carnivores in the same relationship without losing your mind
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2011 VMA Awards: Lackluster at Bestthe station know for once bringing the best in music programming fails to thrill in their 2011 award program
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Friend Requesta mysterious contact on Facebook becomes a college students online friend until one day until one day he goes searching for the true identity of his online friend
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Stop Demanding Special CircumstancesIn the meantime we keep making up downfalls to keep every fish in the tank the same so no one evolves enough to grow legs and move on the something else
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Orland Park Bike Trail System Reieworland park has done a wonderful job blacktopping the old trails and bike paths that residents remember from the 80's
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Happy Apple Poisoncovering up her feelings a woman brings the summer colors in to her house to melt the winter exterior of her broken heart
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Tips for Planning Labor Day Travel with Petsas the last travel weekend of the summer approaching planning ahead when vacationing with animals will ensure their safety and your piece of mind
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Fade into the Next Day like a Shadowscary noises in the night leave a woman afraid to leave her bed as her imagination runs away with her
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The Black Top Roadwalking down the bike trail at night with her furry companion, a woman enjoys the summer night
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The Debate Over Roadside MemorialsThe city of chicago is taking issue with roadside memorials being up too long and on public property
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Hauntedsince i was about five years old, i knew my mother's house was haunted and lived with people that were no longer alive in it
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Chicagoland Animal Shelters Seeking Donations, Volunteers; REGAP, PAWS, TLCanimals are often forgotten when it comes to volunteer events in the community,shelters seeking donations, staffing, wish list
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Advice for Training an Older Shelter Rescue or Adopted Dogit's not true that you can't teach an old dog new tricks if it is done in a way that is consistent and respectful to the animal and makes learning fun
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Chicago Needs to Join the Brat Banchicago franchises need to follow suit and ban children from locations after dark or not serve anyone with children at an inappropriate location
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Courageouswith one female dog and four males i couldn't blame courageous from shying away from the madness of her brothers
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Netflix Increase Makes Many Customers Jump Shipnetflix increase makes many customers jump ship according to posts on facebook
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For Now Its Just Not Worth Ita love that couldn't be is illustrated in a poem
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How to Dye Your Hair with Kool AId; Two Methodsneed funky color with little fuss and little cash? Here are two tried and tested methods to get great color using Kool Aid
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Staying Cool, Heat Advisory Issued for Most of Midwest, East Coast-as we move into day five of the heat advisory, taking precautions not to overexert yourself is one of the best ways to stay healthy
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Chicago's Finest Unsigned Artists Are Ready for New Outlet in the Wake of Losing Loca Radioas rock stations shut down in chicago, indie bands are in a scramble after local showcases are cut from airwaves
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Trapped in a Spiral of Dietingall my life i have been battling an eating disorder, average never being good enough
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Is Witchcraft Becoming More Acceptable in the 'Harry Potter Era'with media depicting witches in a light closer to the beliefs of real pagans, is witchcraft becoming more acceptable
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Scars Marred the Skin Under My Tattoosa girl paranoid by the recent troubles in the news is afraid to be alone on public transportation
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Unemployment, Underemployment, Getting Worse for the Average Job Seekerwhile looking for work is time consuming enough, jobs of value that will help the economy are few and far between in most places
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'Glamorama' the Best Bret Easton Ellis Novel to Datefrom the dark brain of a disturbed man, Bret Easton Ellis writes the most chilling and beautiful tales of everyones favorite murderers -
The Horses Ran Freean animal rights activist breaks into a rodeo to free the animals
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Words to Live Byquoting song lyrics to make a unique depressing poem. can you name all the songs used?
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Harry Potter's Nemeis Takes on Role of Rock Star; Tom Felton Releases Debut Album, Fronts Indie Labelknown best for playing the blond and bratty draco malfoy in the harry potter movies, 22 year old actor tom felton begins his decent into music after his characters most important moment in the series -
I Packed it All Away Hoping the Nagging of My Heart Would Eventually Stopa woman mourns for a past relationship by hiding all the reminders in a cemetery of cardboard boxes in her attic
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Being Alone was the Last Thing I Ever Wanted to Bea woman thinks over the decisions she had made to cause her divorce
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How I Knew to End My Engagementsomething inside was telling me that the terms of my engagement just werent right
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I Wish like Summer Rain You Could Run Throough My Fingersa woman takes a summer walk to ignore the pain of her divorce
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Signs of Heat Stroke in Dogs and Cats; How to Protect Your PetExtreme heat can kill a pet if their body reaches over 104 degrees, how to spot signs your pet is suffering heat stroke.
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Shift into Some Place Elseever wonder what shift employees are thinking during the mindless tasks during the day, avoiding reality of their remedial jobs
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Large Breasts Are Not All They Are Cracked Up to BeThe media makes one think that large breasts are the way, but for those with the natural look, it's more of a curse.
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The Battle for the Bathing Suiti'm too thin to be considered fat and too average to be considered skinny! until clothing is made to actually represent typical body types consumers will continue to suffer
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This is Our World Too, and We Are Playing for Keepsa tormented teen hides from a world that hates her thinking of resolution to gay bullying in the darkness of her bedroom
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The White Sand Awaits of the Waikiki Beachi remember every detail as a child when i spent part of the summer in hawaii, now i was dying to come back and share it all with my fiance as an adult
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A Canadian on Fourth of Julymemoirs of my foriegn born boyfriends first experince at fourth of july
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Don't Mess with Texastwo hotel rooms over run by punk concert goers turns into an adventure with the police
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This is Our Last Night Herea winters love frozen in perfection slowly thawed through the spring as summer days grew longer its threads tested and stretched
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The Face in the Mirrorthe face in the mirror searches mine, she wants me to leave
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Why My Camaro is the Best Car I Have Ever Hadafter an accident had taken out my previous car, a new camaro stepped up to take its place
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Love Will Tear Us Apartflooding in midwest caused pollution to create a virus turning a city to zombies.newleyweds hide in their dream house finding salvation in each other
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Believe in Meafter the tragic death of her boyfriend in a car accident, a teen girl begins to get messages beyond beyond the grave on her phone and computer. was it really brayden? did true love ever die?
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Fatherless Man in the Role of the Fathertoo many men use not having a father as the reason they can't be good to their children, but i look at my husband with our son, proving what it really takes to be a man
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Strange Beautyhe stood watching her brush the horses wondering how she fit in this place a girl not like the rest on this ranch. not seeming of this world. hilarious sterotyping ensues
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We Will Remember This Timeit is only the holiday when we think of the vetrans, but keep them in our thoughts always
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An Easter NIghtmare for RetailWhat would people do if they couldn't have the most elaborate Easter celebration ever? What if Easter couldn't be saved?
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Light Velvet Jacket Weatherhe was a good man, he lived a good life trying to run the neighborhood watch until the gangs and drug dealers got wise to him and decided to make a do gooder pay for trying to make the streets safer for all -
There's Only One 7:30 In My Worldjumping out of bed, i ran to the closet and began to get dressed before realizing that i hadn't slept through the night and it was really 7:30 pm and not am. exhausted but too awake to go back to sleep i shared my folly with everyone i knew
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Original Nintendo is the Best Game Platform Ever-hands Downmy favorite game console by far in the old nintendo, reflections of how it changed my childhood -
Who is There to Put Us in Safe Enclosures After We Ruin the World We Have Taken by Brutal Forcea woman stares down apes at the zoo wondering how they feel about the world we have ruined for them with pollution and using up resources -
Faded Photograph on My Mantle Placea photograph on the mantle place makes a woman wish she could be linked to the mother that she sees in that image
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Protege-moi Du Dasiri caught her eyes from across the club, her siren song in my head as she sang along to the band, i knew that i wanted her at that moment. i had no way of knowing this was to be the last moments of my life and i didnt care
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Madina Lake to Play First Chicago Show After Bassist Injuryalmost a year after putting his own life in danger to rescue a stranger, hero rocker Matthew Leone of Madina Lake plays his first home show with the band after nearly dying last summer. -
Across the Path, Through the Meadowvisually inspired by the meadow that edward and bella share in the twilight series, i imagined a scene for new moon in which bella ponders her thoughts about edward's leaving
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Why Interracial Love is Still an IssueGrowing up in Chicago one would think that I would have a more diverse friend base, have dated more men and women of color, but the reality was until about college- living in the suburbs things hadn't changed much from our parents generation.
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The Pros and Cons of Credit Cardsusing credit cards aren't all bad when you use them with caution and care -
How to Know when to Quit Your Current Jobif your job is getting you down, it may be time to move on to better employment
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What Makes the Samsung Vibrant Such a Great SmartphoneSamsung Vibrant, is sleek, quick, and packed with the best application for a truly great experince -
Horrors of the Easter Egg Huntit wasn't easter at my grandmother's until all the children were assembled on the porch in tears after being subjected to the cruelest tradition ever
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Spring Blessingsthe chill of winter goes away ushering in peace and renewal for spring
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How to Avoid Checking Luggage While TravelingLost baggage? No problem when you avoid packing essential items in a checked bag.
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How to Make Personalized Books for a Unique Graduation Presentpersonalizing a book that fits the achievements of a graduate makes a lasting and memorable gift
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Rock Star Me: Made by My Cousinset on making me in her image, my cousin shanna shared her collection of cassettes and magazines, dressing me as her own pint sized punk and i owe her everything for making me who i am today
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Under a Cat's Eye MoonEveryone has that moment when they want to just jump in the car and drive towards that one destination that will make everything just melt away, this is a story of such a moment
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Painted Ponies and the Jesus Treefrom little girls to growing teenagers, those things we cherish in childhood take new meaning as adults
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Bedtime Story in the Arms of an Intoxicated Lovera man loses himself as he struggles to stay afloat in his love for an alcoholic, if she's the one that is dying, why is it only eating at him?
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Unmasking the Breakroom MonstersOne summer day I walked into the breakroom at work to see that my co-workers were all gathered around a cell phone laughing at the Facebook page of a transgendered co-worker and it made me sick.
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The How to of Getting Your First TattooThe how to's of finding a shop and artist, setting a price, and after care of your first tattoo.
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Love Finds You when You Are Not LookingMy new years resolution was to spend the year focused on myself, but could i pass up the perfect man when he found me
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Going the Distance: Making Your Extreme Long Distance Relationship WorkWhen even dating websites are bragging 1 in 5 relationships are beginning online, using tools like the social networking sites, texting, and phone calls are expanding the dating opportunities to couples living in separate countries.
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The Five Worst Valentines Day Gift Ideasvalentines day doesn't need to be complicated so buying simple gifts can save you a lot of hassle
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Easy Game Day Southern Burgers for Superbowl Partieseasy snacks to make for your party
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Steps to Consider when Getting a New PetAfter the holidays many animals that are given up to shelters because of unprepared owners. -
Tales from Retail Hell: Surviving the Holiday SeasonInsane customers are the number one problem of retail workers over the holidays so we have found ways to maintain our sanity through the craziness
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How to Make No Sew Fleece Blanket and Pillow GiftsHow to make simple fleece blanket and pillows as gifts in quick easy steps with no sewing needed.
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Chicago Rocker, Mat Devine Makes Debut in Spider-Man on BroadwayFor decades Chicago has known Devine as one of the most successful local artists, now taking to stage in Broadway musical adaption of Spider-Man
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My First Date with a CheapskateMy first official date went horribly wrong when my date showed up without a car, forcing us to walk in silence to a movie that I later found out he hadn't brought money for either.
