May 15, 2000
[Times photo: Jill Sagers]
An area 17-year-old organized a contingent of Tampa Bay residents for the Million Mom March. For attention? No. For her siblings. Story
If only they were your Friends
The cast members of the popular sitcom will earn $20-million each next season. Imagine how many seasons you'd have to toil for that. Most of us wouldn't live that long.
Music performance in youth sets a rhythm for life
Sometimes I think that everything I know about life I learned in band and orchestra. When I was growing up in a suburb of Minneapolis, I spent many hours playing in school and community youth ensembles, mainly tenor sax but also some clarinet.
Dear Mom, let me go, but hold me, too
Yesterday made me think about our relationship more than usual. I know Mother's Day is not just like any other day to you. I believe there are certain expectations you have of me everyday, but on this day I feel the pressure is even greater. I struggle with telling you that I love you and I often act as if I don't want you to touch me. I look around and see other people my age seemingly being okay with their moms. I am somewhat confused as to how that is possible, especially when I see them together laughing and having fun. Sometimes I am envious, but most of the time I am just curious. I tell myself that no matter how it is with my peers and their moms, our relationship is strained.
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'Friends' stars agree to new deal
The six stars of Friends -- Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox Arquette, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry and David Schwimmer -- reached a last-minute deal Sunday to keep the hit NBC sitcom on the air for two more years.
