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It has been eight years since Sgt. Justin Norton was killed in action in Iraq. To his family and friends, that dark day still seems like yesterday. It is a pain that no amount of time can heal. Norton grew up in the small, quiet city of Rainier, and the
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[ANTI-FOLK] + SAT, NOV. 1 I have a soft spot in my heart for Jeffrey Lewis. I first saw him perform in a downtown venue - the long-gone Stereolounge - shortly after I started getting underage drunk and going to see punk shows. Someone from the Drug Purse (can't remember who)
Music
My first concert, reluctantly attended with my star-struck mother and grandmother, was Neil Diamond. Yes, that Neil Diamond, oft referred to lovingly as the Jewish Elvis - and I was blown the hell away. How could somebody so ancient take the stage with such charisma? (He was younger then than
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It occurred to me, after living on this planet for 18 years, and after loving music for the majority of that time, that I had no earthly clue of how to actually play an instrument. So, being the lazy under-achiever that I am, I picked up a ukelele, figuring that
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During my ongoing attempt to travel the culinary world without having to actually travel, I have re-discovered the classic American side dish called "Pepto Bismol." Something is seriously twisted and not right with my digestive system, especially when dealing with my latest non-domestic food quest. I can handle a greasy
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We all have food cravings, right? But what if you had a food craving so intense that the intensity turned to obsession? That obsession turned to mission. And that mission was your life (well, for a short time anyway). Last summer, my husband and I literally gorged ourselves with these teeny little
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Death Sentence When he was asked by Johnny Carson how a magazine could quote him saying he really would murder to avenge his family, Charles Bronson looked him in the eye and said, “Because the quote is accurate. I really could, and I would.” There was a little silence then because
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It’s a big week, Tacoma — a week I’ve been giddily anticipating for a long time. First off, the start of the NFL season is, literally, just around the corner. The first real NFL action of the year will go down Thursday, Sept. 6, when the New Orleans Saints travel to
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I have a weird relationship with strip malls. Most of the time, they are just a blur of cement parking lots, a gross overuse of the colors red and orange, strips of benign buildings hooked together, long and segmented, like a giant urban caterpillar. Sometimes, I need to stop in and conduct
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Being a veteran of the restaurant industry - aka former boozeslinger - smiling server-type for many years now, combined with the fact that I've been hitting the streets for the foodnik scoop for several years, I have befriended many a bartender. I like to pretend this is because of the
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TEA AND TRADITIONS The first Saturday of every month, The Asia Pacific Cultural Center (4851 South Tacoma Way, Tacoma) hosts an enlightening gathering about tea and the traditions tied to it through different Asian Pacific cultures. The next monthly tea experience is 10 a.m., Nov. 1. Although tea drinking began in
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Including the initial military flight into Dakar, Senegal, the Air Force Reserve's 446th Airlift Wing here has flown more than 10 C-17 Globemaster III missions supporting the Ebola control contingency, Operation United Assistance, in Liberia since the end of September. In addition to the 97th and 313th Airlift Squadron crews who've
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Formed by longtime Tacoma music fixture Justin Tamminga and his two children, Dahlia and Lucien, Pig Snout is a testament to the joy and universality of rock 'n' roll. If it can be believed, Dahlia and Lucien are 6 and 9, respectively, and they just started learning their instruments in
