Caster Semenya, The Real Middlesex? – Newsblaze.com
Imagine the following mundane scene: A woman stands over a pile of freshly done pile of laundry, sorting. Skirts all go on hangers in the closet, jeans all go in the bottom drawer. Then she finds a pair of denim koolats. Do they go in the drawer, or

Psychic Gary Spivey comes to Vegas… and predicts the city’s future – Las Vegas Weekly
You can have people come to you in pain and you can give them a great psychic reading and tell them how screwed up their world is. The difference in me and most other psychics is certainly it’s sensational to tell someone about their problems

‘The Ask: A Novel’ by Sam Lipsyte – Los Angeles Times
According to Santa Fe Institute economist Samuel Bowles, roughly one out of every four Americans is now employed guarding the wealth of the rich. This “guard labor” is loosely defined — it could refer to George Clooney’s corporate enforcer in “Up in

First Person / She averted her eyes: My mother had reason to live – Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Just so it doesn’t happen before I die. — My mom, regularly. Mum had this thing about suffering, whether physical, financial, psychic or spiritual. Though Catholic to the core and faithful as a nun to the Stations of the Cross and the Rosary, she

House lawmaker says Toyota documents show automaker withheld evidence – CJAD
WASHINGTON – A congressman said Friday that internal Toyota documents show the automaker deliberately withheld key vehicle design and testing evidence in lawsuits filed by Toyota drivers injured in crashes. In a letter to Toyota’s top North American

Handbook suggests that deviations from ‘normality’ are disorders – Washington Post
And: “Rapid-fire means of communication have brought psychic dilapidation within the reach of the most provincial backwaters, so that large metropolitan centers and educated circles need no longer consider it their exclusive property, nor preen

New Renaissance Faire opens in May – Chippewa Herald
We have jousting, jugglers, face painting, Renaissance games and rides, herding demonstrations, psychic readers.” Shops will feature costumes, pottery, fiber arts, stained glass and leather goods. Ticket prices have not yet been released.