Thirty- something speaks
Another blow to the ego
Mike Maddock
      Kids are supposed to love, honor, and respect their parents, right? Then why, all of the sudden, am I starting to feel more like Rodney Dangerfield than Ward Cleaver. A week or so ago my son was imitating me while jumping off a diving board into the pool. His big jump and subsequent parody included me in a La- Z- Boy flipping through channels.
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Never come back to D.C.
      It's 1952, and I'm a rookie in training at the Metropolitan Police Department in Washington, D.C. I'm working with Sergeant Grossman, a field training officer. Acting on orders from the deputy chief to clear out Lafayette Park, across from the White House, we're locking up drunks and vagrants by the dozen.
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It's not a criticism, it's an observation.
Favorite Olympic moments
Mike Cox
      Oh eight, oh eight, oh eight. Sounds like a significant day in the Mayan calendar or when one of those nutty California cults will sit in a parking lot and wait for their master to return from space. For NBC, and many sports fans, the date is significant because the Olympic Games begin.
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