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ON NOT FINISHING BOOKS

Brad Goins February 7, 2014 Comments Off on ON NOT FINISHING BOOKS

I recently stopped reading a book titled Flames Over Tokyo on page 222. It wasn’t that the book was especially boring or anything of that sort. It was just that I figured I’d learned

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ABOUT TOWN

Brad Goins February 7, 2014 Comments Off on ABOUT TOWN

— From Clovis the Cat comes word that the Hobo Hotel for Cats and Kittens is seeking donations of art works by Lake Area artists. These local works of art are needed for the

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CRAPPY DRIVERS

Brad Goins January 23, 2014 Comments Off on CRAPPY DRIVERS

They Annoy You. They Terrify You. What Makes Some Local Drivers Do Such Dumb And Dangerous Things? • By Brad Goins   Louisiana driving behaviors have been a big topic in area news lately.

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EVERYTHING MUST BE SOCIAL

Brad Goins January 23, 2014 Comments Off on EVERYTHING MUST BE SOCIAL

Everything Must Be Social It doesn’t take very keen powers of observation to notice that many people in Lake Charles spend large amounts of time sitting in chairs on their front porches. When I

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MY LAME COLUMN

Brad Goins January 23, 2014 Comments Off on MY LAME COLUMN

Ain’t life full of little ironies? I’d just finished my last Up Front for 2013. I figured I wouldn’t be getting any new material for a while. After all, the office email action was

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2013 LAGNIAPPE AWARDS

Brad Goins January 8, 2014 Comments Off on 2013 LAGNIAPPE AWARDS

The Object Of Desire Award MARY LANDRIEU All year long, a lot of Louisiana Republicans were desperately yearning for what Mary Landrieu had — a seat in the U.S. Senate. In fact, in the

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VICTORIAN ROMANCE

Brad Goins January 8, 2014 Comments Off on VICTORIAN ROMANCE

In two great mid-20th century novels — Norman Mailer’s The Naked and the Dead and Robert Stone’s Hall of Mirrors — characters state that they only feel relief when they hold their lovers. These

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ALL I NEED IS A COUPLE MONTHS OFF

Brad Goins January 8, 2014 Comments Off on ALL I NEED IS A COUPLE MONTHS OFF

OK, I know that considering what time of year it is, I shouldn’t be writing this column. But I’m going to try to make it right. First, I want to apologize to everyone for

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STEAMBOAT BILL’S: 20x BEST OF SWLA WINNER

Brad Goins December 22, 2013 Comments Off on STEAMBOAT BILL’S: 20x BEST OF SWLA WINNER

One Of The Four Businesses That Have Appeared In Lagniappe’s Best Of Awards For 20 Consecutive Years It’s now been 20 years since Lagniappe published the results of its first Best Of Southwest Louisiana

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CASA MANANA: 20x BEST OF SWLA WINNER

Brad Goins December 22, 2013 Comments Off on CASA MANANA: 20x BEST OF SWLA WINNER

One Of The Four Businesses That Have Appeared In Lagniappe’s Best Of Awards For 20 Consecutive Years It’s now been 20 years since Lagniappe published the results of its first Best Of Southwest Louisiana

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