Thirty- something speaks
Did our parents worry this much?
Mike Maddock
      Every day it seems I come home to some new crisis. One day my oldest daughter is not doing her chores. The next day my youngest daughter has had a rough outing on a pop quiz. The day after that my kindergarten- age son has decided to start speaking with all the clarity of Otis after a night out in Mayberry.
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It's not a criticism, it's an observation.
California, addicted to addiction
Mike Cox
      David Duchovny, former X Files star and current actor in the TV show Californication, is in trouble at home. His wife, actress Teo Leoni, is thinking about leaving him because of his philandering ways.
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Bob Ford's Call the Cops!
Life at the Poison Control Center
      Little Lindy's going to be three- years- old tomorrow, and a crowd of her little friends will get together to celebrate. Right now, Lindy's crawling around the kitchen floor while her mom, SueLynn, happily mixes cake batter. Suddenly, though, SueLynn realizes that Lindy's putting things in her mouth, one after another. What's on the floor? What's Lindy eating?
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Letter to the Editor
Cox has lumberjack finesse
      In his September 19 column, Mike Cox has chipped in with his home- grown version of the establishment snobbery and intellectual condescension of the so- called "mainstream media." With all the finesse of a lumberjack in a cow- town whorehouse, Mr.
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