It Was a Wonderful Life (The Berkeley Daily Planet)

Last week, as a cold December was coming to an end, my father, Warren Peters (known to everyone from his Princeton ‘34 classmates to his great-grandchildren as “Pete”) departed from his life on this earth.

Ball droppers (Metro Times Detroit)

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Dispatches From Kuwait: The City As Music (jambands.com)

The first sandstorm of the season kept me awake. I had just begun drifting off to sleep when my windows began rattling. Being eight stories up this gets unsettling, especially since Kuwait has been known to have earthquakes.

12-23-08 EUR ALL ON ONE PAGE (Eurweb)

IS MIJAC REALLY SICK WITH RARE DISEASE: Not in the least, claims Fox411 columnist Roger Friedman.

Bah humbug: Darkly funny Christmas tales from Britain's best writers (Independent)