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Late SNL writer mentioned Cleveland teams in last essay

Posted on Sunday, 1st January 2012 by Sean Permewan

You may have heard about the former Saturday Night Live writer, Joe Bodolai, found dead in a Hollywood hotel room of an apparent suicide. Bodolai posted what appears to be a suicide note to his blog on Friday.

The post is very sad, as you clearly feel the disappointment this man felt with life and himself. He also lists his many accomplishments and his love for his kids. I found myself wanting to yell into the computer, to somehow stop him. It’s just awful.

One relatively minor thing in there I couldn’t help but notice is that Bodolai says he wishes he would’ve lived to see the Indians win a World Series and the Browns a Super Bowl. It made me wonder if he was from Ohio.

I found this, an apparently defunct Cleveland sports blog that lists Bodolai as one of two contributors. It says he is originally from Cleveland.

Other than that, there isn’t anything on the web — that I found — that says he’s from Ohio.

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ON FOOD: Patsy’s Candies is offering a new line of good-for-you

Posted on Sunday, 18th December 2011 by Declan Palazzi

According to Julie Pech, a self-described chocolate therapist who lives in Denver, if dark chocolate had been invented today it would be a miracle food.

In her book, “The Chocolate Therapist,” she has over 60 alphabetized ailments with “prescription-style” chocolate recommendations followed by up-to-date research supporting how and why chocolate affects the body. She writes about how chocolate helps with heart health, the immune system, brain function, depression, PMS, weight loss, antioxidant assistance and anti-aging.

Chocolate “is one of the highest foods on the antioxidant charts,” she says, adding that it also contains over 400 flavor compounds and plant chemicals that all benefit the body in some way.

But, like good and bad cholesterol, there’s good and bad chocolate.

The nutritional value is in the cocoa, so the healthy stuff is dark chocolate with a minimum of 50 percent cocoa solids.

“Inferior selections filled with sugar, fat and fillers crowd candy shelves everywhere,” she writes. “The chocolate co

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What you need to know about Canary Wharf

Posted on Sunday, 18th December 2011 by admin

When it comes to London, trying to find the right kind of place can be a real burdensome task. There are so many places to choose from and also what they offer to customers in terms of choice of lifestyle and entertainment.

Canary Wharf is best known for its tall buildings and financial services. There are many shops and excellent canary wharf restaurants, but this is not the best things about the district. First of all there is the tallest building in the UK. It’s really a joy to behold when you are in the area of the city and you can see the majesty of this building. It is known as One Canada Square and is a symbol of the period of regeneration areas returned to what happened in the early 90′s. It had an unsettled beginning with 1991 as the completion date when Canary Wharf has decided to file for bankruptcy in 1992. It Read full text…

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d’artiste Fashion Design

Posted on Friday, 16th December 2011 by Sean Permewan

Ballistic Publishing is going into fashion design with their upcoming Master Class book! This book is for character designers, concept artists and fashion designers. There are several tutorials as well.