Laura MacCorkle

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  Free Advice for the College Bound What advice would you give to first-year college students? I recently asked friends and colleagues that same question. And to say that I received a rich return is an understatement. This is good stuff,... Laura MacCorkle Jul 09, 2008
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  July 4th: Picnic for One? Sometimes, you just end up being alone on the Fourth of July. Well I say forget the picnic for one! This year, you won’t have to share your coleslaw and fried chicken with just the ants. I’m coming to... Laura MacCorkle Jul 04, 2008
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  So You Think You Can Dance: The Great Oracle Speaks! As established in our last So You Think You Can Dance chat, Coworker Chad is now the Great Oracle of The Dance. Today, he enlightens me and brightens my clearly muddied SYTYCD thinking. And hopefully,... Laura MacCorkle Jun 27, 2008
• So You Think You Can Dance: Two Tix on the Hot Tamale Train Last night on So You Think You Can Dance, Katee & Joshua closed out the dance performances from the final eight couples with some samba. Coworker Chad and I discuss this “great moment in dance history,”... Laura MacCorkle Jun 26, 2008
• Should You Read The Shack? You’ve heard that The Shack is “life-changing” from well-meaning friends who’ve read it. But you’ve heard some disturbing information, too. Words like “heresy” and “bad theology” from well-known leaders in... Laura MacCorkle Jun 22, 2008
• I Watched Camp Rock So, it’s time for a confession today. I’ll go first. … I confess: I watched The Disney Channel’s new original movie, Camp Rock. In its entirety. How about you? If you’re a parent of tweens, then... Laura MacCorkle Jun 21, 2008
• So You Think You Can Dance: So Long Susie and Marquis! Susie Garcia and Marquis Cunningham were eliminated on last night's episode of So You Think You Can Dance. Today, Coworker Jayson and I discuss the judges’ decision, as well as the "flamencocity" of guest... Laura MacCorkle Jun 20, 2008
• So You Think You Can Dance: What's Up with Nigel Lythgoe? On last night’s episode of So You Think You Can Dance, creator-executive producer-judge Nigel Lythgoe came unplugged. Or got plugged in. Either way, some kind of current was evidently coursing through his... Laura MacCorkle Jun 19, 2008
• So You Think You Can Dance: And Then There Were 18 Two contestants—Rayven and Jamie—were eliminated last night on Season 4 of So You Think You Can Dance. A day later, Coworker Chad and I offer our comments. Did the judges let the right dancers go? Did... Laura MacCorkle Jun 13, 2008
• So You Think You Can Dance: The Top 20 Tear It Up American Idol Season 7 is so over. But the fun—and the chatting—hasn’t stopped. Coworker Chad and I have moved on to discussing a different area of performance arts: dance. More specifically, Season 4 of... Laura MacCorkle Jun 12, 2008
• The Dread-ible, Edible Pill The pink stuff, and the lessons learned from swallowing liquified antibiotics and all things distasteful but useful, was so last week. I’ve now moved on to pills, you see. Capsules to be specific. Laura MacCorkle Jun 05, 2008
• Adventures in Discipline with Jon & Kate Plus Eight “Eight times the laughs. Eight times the love. Eight times the fun. How much can two parents possibly take?” That’s the latest voiceover promoting one of my favorite television shows: Jon & Kate Plus... Laura MacCorkle Jun 03, 2008