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Most recently updated LIFESTYLE columns from Creators Syndicate http://creators.com/ Creators Syndicate is an international syndication company that represents cartoonists and columnists of the highest caliber. en Fri, 09 May 2008 16:30:53 -0700 9e23b8b888976f4de385118e06cce962 New Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar for 05/07/2008 http://creators.com/lifestylefeatures/annies-mailbox/annie-s-mailbox-r-2008-05-07.html Wed, 07 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 <p>Dear Annie: My daughter-in-law is a danger to herself and others. "Dotty" has been repeatedly arrested for drunk and/or disorderly behavior. She physically hurts her 6-year-old son, and verbally abuses and physically beats on her husband. He and others have called the police on her, and she has spent some time in rehab. But she is in denial that she has a problem. Her young child is s ...<br> <br/>Updated: Wed May 07, 2008<br/><br/> 94c563b73d4814747a6f9456cad31a8c New Susan Deitz for 05/07/2008 http://creators.com/lifestylefeatures/susan-deitz-single-file/sense-of-self-a-man-s-viewpoint.html Wed, 07 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 <p>DEAR SUSAN: I just finished reading "men don't want to be saviors" in your column, which went on to suggest that older women date younger men. I certainly agree that a solid relationship should be made up of two distinct individuals who bring out the best in each other — distinct individuals who function well on their own but also want companionship along their chosen paths.</p> ...<br> <br/>Updated: Wed May 07, 2008<br/><br/> fabd0643e26ffd18c5a086e5f46a78b5 New Stan Newman for 05/07/2008 http://creators.com/lifestylefeatures/trivia-bits-stan-newman/trivia-bits-may-7.html Wed, 07 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 Charles Van Doren speaks! According to a July 2006 article in Connecticut's Litchfield County Times, Mr. Van Doren has completed a memoir entitled "Second Chance," covering the quiz-show period in his life and beyond. He talks a bit about the game-show scandal in the article, the first time we know of that he has spoken publicly about it since the 1950s. The article can be found online a ...<br> <br/>Updated: Wed May 07, 2008<br/><br/> 5e3aa0c18f6b75c98853a837994c6926 New Marilyn Beck & Stacy Jenel Smith for 05/07/2008 http://creators.com/lifestylefeatures/hollywood-exclusive/joe-jonas-first-among-jonas-bros-at-least-in-camp-rock-lily-tomlin-e-cards-had-lawyers-worried.html Wed, 07 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 <p>Is Joe Jonas emerging as first among the Jonas Brothers? That was a question being bandied about following the first showing of the white-hot pop trio's "Camp Rock" Disney Channel movie the other night — with middle brother Joe and the prodigiously talented Demi Lovato as the romantic pair at the center of the musical TV movie that will debut June 20. Brothers Nick and Kevin put ...<br> <br/>Updated: Wed May 07, 2008<br/><br/> 216ca7fb2ff6df26cc9b68ef2b9d5be0 New Rob Kyff for 05/07/2008 http://creators.com/lifestylefeatures/rob-kyff-word-guy/sending-in-the-shock-tropes.html Wed, 07 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 <p>Some random dispatches from the word front . . .</p> <p>Casting A Pall On Shock — When did it become mandatory for angry people to describe themselves as "shocked and appalled"?</p> <p>Citizens are "shocked and appalled" by potholes, pooches and parking tickets. Public officials are "shocked and appalled" by crooks, cronies and crackpots. Newspaper readers ar ...<br> <br/>Updated: Wed May 07, 2008<br/><br/> c57bef7c15cc3193c0f43c3e3ea44835 New Holiday Mathis for 05/08/2008 http://creators.com/lifestylefeatures/horoscopes-by-holiday/horoscopes-by-holiday-2008-05-08.html Thu, 08 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 <p>The moon in Cancer is a homing device, guiding our awareness toward true north, toward our emotional and spiritual needs. This can manifest as moodiness or sensitivity to minor annoyances, but only if we're out of sync with our natural rhythm. A back-to-basics approach to self-care, and loving kindness toward others, restores harmony.</p> <p>ARIES (March 21-April 19). You know what the incendia ...<br> <br/>Updated: Thu May 08, 2008<br/><br/> acd0a8a5f8488571e34ff7dca7cbbccd New Mary Hunt for 05/08/2008 http://creators.com/lifestylefeatures/everyday-cheapskate/first-credit-card-for-a-college-student.html Thu, 08 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 Dear Mary: My son is a college student and wants to begin establishing credit. He is interested in finding a credit card that would be right for him, a college student on a budget. He did apply for a card, but they turned him down because he lacks credit. Could you suggest a card or a way to get his credit started? -- Pam M., e-mail <p> Dear Pam: I understand your son's desire to begin building go ...<br> <br/>Updated: Thu May 08, 2008<br/><br/> f8c9be7c80603abe4956336e2136647a New Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar for 05/08/2008 http://creators.com/lifestylefeatures/annies-mailbox/annie-s-mailbox-r-2008-05-08.html Thu, 08 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 <p>Dear Annie: I am deeply involved with a wonderful man. I was charmed by the fact that "Arnie" remained undressed until it was time to leave the house. I soon joined him and enjoyed eating breakfast in the buff.</p> <p>Arnie is Dutch and was raised in a house where nudity was the norm. His parents and siblings all slept in the nude, soaked in the family hot tub together and visited nud ...<br> <br/>Updated: Thu May 08, 2008<br/><br/> a656cf56183923fb11d1ac2004ecce1e New John Gray for 05/08/2008 http://creators.com/lifestylefeatures/men-mars-women-venus/john-gray-s-men-are-from-mars-women-are-from-venus-2008-05-08.html Thu, 08 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 <p>Dear John: I'm a woman in her mid-30s with a daughter in her tweens. I rent my home and prioritize being there for my daughter, so I never have enough time to go out. I never thought I'd say this, but dating may be a thing of the past for me. Seriously, is there any hope for me? — Giving Up the Ghost, in Portland, Ore.</p> <p>Dear Giving Up the Ghost: As with any single parent, male or fe ...<br> <br/>Updated: Thu May 08, 2008<br/><br/> 64861259571f46fd9582bc484d57d8c3 New Peter Rexford for 05/08/2008 http://creators.com/lifestylefeatures/peter-rexford/collector-price-value-can-be-two-different-things.html Thu, 08 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 <p>From the legions of mail order shopping catalogs arriving daily I'm tempted to confuse this spring with the month or so before Christmas. So many have piled up that our kitchen table is now officially a potential fire hazard.</p> <p>The thing is, many are interesting to glance through. Packaging and presentation are part of sales, but I especially enjoy the descriptions. How the catalog writers ...<br> <br/>Updated: Thu May 08, 2008<br/><br/> 65d25f98c16a4642d26acd6e15944651 New Stan Newman for 05/08/2008 http://creators.com/lifestylefeatures/trivia-bits-stan-newman/trivia-bits-may-7-2008-05-08.html Thu, 08 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 Small-town celebrity birthplace of the week: Byron, in northern Illinois (current population about 4,000). Baseball Hall of Famer and sporting-goods entrepreneur Albert Goodwill Spalding was born there in 1850. Impressionist painter Wilson Irvine was also born in Byron in 1869.<br /> <br /> You may have noticed Easter Sunday was unusually early this year -- March 23, to be exact. That's unusual, a ...<br> <br/>Updated: Thu May 08, 2008<br/><br/> 9218ba8fed2881aa213162c8fff400a8 New Marilyn Beck & Stacy Jenel Smith for 05/08/2008 http://creators.com/lifestylefeatures/hollywood-exclusive/d-onofrio-ready-to-re-up-for-l-o-ci-if-he-can-supernanny-jo-frost-on-a-mission-to-support-new-dads.html Thu, 08 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 <p>Vincent D'Onofrio's "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" contract is coming up for renewal, but producer Dick Wolf need have no concern that the actor will be leaving his role as the series' Det. Robert Goren.</p> <p>"I have no plans to go anywhere," says the actor whose "Criminal Intent" role was made more manageable in 2004 — after he was hospitalized with ex ...<br> <br/>Updated: Thu May 08, 2008<br/><br/> 048ca4dc279d85c3339f4676eecbd250 New Lindsey Novak for 05/08/2008 http://creators.com/lifestylefeatures/at-work-lindsey-novak/recipe-for-success-prepare-before-opening-catering-business.html Thu, 08 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 <p>Q: My boyfriend wants to open his own small catering company. He has a positive and charismatic personality, so I know he will do well on the customer relations side. The problem is that he doesn't have a business or accounting background and doesn't quite know how to go about setting it up. He has a tight group of friends, who are willing to lend him money without any formal papers, so he does ...<br> <br/>Updated: Thu May 08, 2008<br/><br/> 3208b2cabae952b8781e88e0f6d85ac8 New Dr. David Lipschitz for 05/08/2008 http://creators.com/lifestylefeatures/david-lipschitz-lifelong-health/egg-a-day-could-end-ital-be-ok-based-on-20-year-study.html Thu, 08 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 <p>A remarkable study just published in the very influential American Journal of Clinical Nutrition examined the effects of eggs on the risk of heart attack and stroke in middle-aged and older men.</p> <p>Egg yolks contain high concentrations of saturated fats and cholesterol, and for years it has been assumed that too many eggs would increase cholesterol levels, predisposing egg lovers to heart a ...<br> <br/>Updated: Thu May 08, 2008<br/><br/> f614c8629c8233a682c95172f196f807 New Holiday Mathis for 05/09/2008 http://creators.com/lifestylefeatures/horoscopes-by-holiday/horoscopes-by-holiday-2008-05-09.html Fri, 09 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 <p>Life is a chess game for Jupiter in Capricorn, moving backwards today for the next five months. Fortune-seeking demands a winning strategy, so wisely chart your next move. A second influence, Mars, dashes into expressive Leo today with flair. Some of us are stylishly hamming it up; others are romantically chivalrous. Talk about drama!</p> <p>ARIES (March 21-April 19). You don't rely on others t ...<br> <br/>Updated: Fri May 09, 2008<br/><br/> d3e265ba98d3ac896c85f24685ea4484 New Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar for 05/09/2008 http://creators.com/lifestylefeatures/annies-mailbox/annie-s-mailbox-r-2008-05-09.html Fri, 09 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 <p>Dear Annie: I met my present husband, "Tom," a few months after my divorce, and he's everything I ever dreamed of in a husband. Right now, we live 60 miles apart because of our jobs. Tom will retire next year and wants to live where I am, but he'll need to sell his house. The problem is his 21-year-old son, "Chip," who lives with him.</p> <p>Chip lives in the basement, which ...<br> <br/>Updated: Fri May 09, 2008<br/><br/> 667fe44d4a6421089b1890cd97ee083c New Margo Howard for 05/09/2008 http://creators.com/lifestylefeatures/dear-margo/a-lot-of-sex-is-in-your-mind.html Fri, 09 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 <p>Dear Margo: My husband of a year, "Michael," is everything a partner should be: generous, caring, supportive, intelligent, easygoing and optimistic. My ex-boyfriend, "George," is none of those things. He's controlling, obsessive-compulsive, inflexible and unhappy. Don't get me wrong, George has his good points; otherwise, we wouldn't have dated for four years. But while Mich ...<br> <br/>Updated: Fri May 09, 2008<br/><br/> 0212e9aa4a84edab28d8a9eee5d2b4e8 New Susan Deitz for 05/09/2008 http://creators.com/lifestylefeatures/susan-deitz-single-file/dilemma.html Fri, 09 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 <p>DEAR SUSAN: I've lived with a very special lady for two years. We recently separated because she wants to get married and I don't, having been married twice and not wanting to repeat that kind of commitment.</p> <p>But now she's saying she'd be willing to let things stand as they were, if I just move back in with her. What should I do? She has every right to want marriage. — Jeff S., Long ...<br> <br/>Updated: Fri May 09, 2008<br/><br/> 14558a4380420681cca68c37fdfcff0d New Stan Newman for 05/09/2008 http://creators.com/lifestylefeatures/trivia-bits-stan-newman/trivia-bits-may-9.html Fri, 09 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 The word "fiasco," as in "spectacular failure," means "flask" in Italian. Specifically, the flask commonly used for Chianti that is enclosed in a straw basket. The word took on its unpleasant connotation as an Italian theatrical term, as part of the Italian phrase literally meaning "make a bottle," in the mid-19th century, but word-history experts aren't exa ...<br> <br/>Updated: Fri May 09, 2008<br/><br/> 7c4856f34e3852d41b2d6e3739f7e1e7 New Marilyn Beck & Stacy Jenel Smith for 05/09/2008 http://creators.com/lifestylefeatures/hollywood-exclusive/shia-lebeouf-how-spielberg-had-him-prep-for-indiana-jones-haylie-duff-weighs-in-on-the-miley-mess-ro.html Fri, 09 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 <p>Superstar in the making Shia LaBeouf speaks out for the first time on how Steven Spielberg had him prepare for his role in the hugely anticipated, May 22-opening "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull."</p> <p>The filmmaker — who was also responsible for LaBeouf's casting in last year's "Disturbia" and "Transformers" — transported the 21-ye ...<br> <br/>Updated: Fri May 09, 2008<br/><br/>