Excuse me, are you listening? 16-6

 
Dear Readers,

 
     Short and sweet today.  I am fighting off another cold.  
 
    Herbert Bayard Swope once said, “I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure – which is: Try to please everybody.” 

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Movie: “Kong: Skull Island”

 Studio:  Warner Bros. (1 hr. 58 min)

Plot: A reimaging of the King Kong legend.
Cast:  King Kong, Samuel L. Jackson, Tom Hiddleston, John Goodman, Brie Larson, John C. Reilly, Tian Jing
Rating:  PG-13
Bottom Line: ***

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The Zen of Journaling

 It's never too early to begin capturing travel experiences in a daily journal. 

 
By Jennifer Davis, Rick Steves' Europe.

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Casa de Rosado Offers a Unique Kind of Community Space

 Casa de Rosado, 204 E. Mt Hope, Lansing, MI. Bottom right:  A place to gather in the gallery.  

 
Photos courtesy of Casa de Rosado. 

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Movie: “Logan”

 

Studio:  20th Century Fox (2 hr. 17 min.)
Plot:  Wolverine protects Professor X and a young girl, the last mutants on Earth.
Cast:  Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Dafne Keen, Boyd Holbrook, Stephen Merchant, Elizabeth Rodriquez, Eriq La Salle, Elise Neal, Quincy Fouse.
Rating:  R
Bottom Line:  ***

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What’s new in Italy for 2017

 In Venice, only three “traghetti” (shuttle gondolas) still ferry voyagers across the Grand Canal from established stops, though you can always rent a gondola for your own private ride. 

 
By Rick Steves, Rick Steves' Europe.

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PET WORLD: Your smelly dog could actually be something medical

 

By Marc Morrone

Tribune Content Agency
 
    Q: Our 2-year-old American Bulldog is a great dog, but he has always has a bad odor and his fur feels greasy. We give him a bath as often as we can but the nice smell only lasts a day or so. What can we do to keep her odor down? – Dale Jones, Las Vegas, NV

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TEEN TALK: Q&A’s WITH CHRISTOPHER LORING

By Christopher Loring

 
Mr. Jeffrey Farrell is a Chemistry teacher at Lansing School District’s J.W. Sexton High School
 
LORING: Why did you become a teacher?

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