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August 10, 2001


A crack pipe by any other name The glass tubes with tiny roses seem innocuous, a chintzy gift sold at convenience store counters, but for some buyers they have a darker purpose. Story

[Times photo: Patty Yablonski]

'Dinner' conversation rings true
In the intimate Dinner With Friends, HBO explores an old subject -- divorce -- with an honesty that's rare in today's movies.

When power bills pack a jolt
With electric bills arcing out of sight one month, fizzling to a mere flicker the next, does some weird kind of alternating current generate Florida Power's charges?

Is Hollywood cleaning up its act?
In the past 10 days, I've seen a horror flick without violence, a teen fantasy without sex or drugs and a gross-out comedy in which the worst excretion is a popped zit. And they were all enjoyable movies.

Local jottings for 'The Princess Diaries'
The Princess Diaries, the Disney film that opened across the country this past week, has some strong Tampa Bay connections.

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