Spring is in the air, and Venus must be in my house of love, because my dog has suddenly found me overwhelmingly attractive in an uncomfortably incestuous kind of way.

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I've been sick as a dog this week. My head is on fire.

I'm still waiting for the chicken soup fairy to show up.

Blech.

"Depending on the model, Bao can make a shower curtain for about 21 yuan [a little under $3]. He can sell one for about 24 yuan. When you buy a similar shower curtain in an American big-box store it retails for about $30, or about 240 yuan. But Bao doesn't do much business directly with American-owned retailers. When a pair of buyers from the ( Read more... )

Molly Ivins, a brilliant writer and tireless truth-seeker, is gone.

She will be sorely missed.

Her last column was dated January 11, 2007

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