Features

Giving gets its yearly seasonal surge

The season has arrived when families naturally take stock of what they have, as Bobby Ampezzan writes in Wednesday’s Family section. Many more have less this year than last, and yet, in this country, there’s a charitable undertow to the tide of trade-deficit toys tinseled in throwaway wrap and stowed under the dusty plastic tree.
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Two and a Half Men teen unimpressed by fame

Is it fair that one of Hollywood’s most successful and richest young actors didn’t set out to be a performer — in fact, never took an acting class — when there are thousands of others like him, sweating auditions, posing for head shots, instant-messaging their every move?
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ON CHRISTIANITY

DEAR REV. GRAHAM: I’ve always tried to run my business honestly, but I have to admit I’m a very competitive person and I’ve always been aggressive in my business dealings. Is this wrong in God’s eyes? Can you follow Jesus and still get ahead in the business world? — H.T.
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Museums putting collections online

Exhibits with a CLICK

Arkansas’ history is in a metal building off La Harpe Boulevard, across from a law firm and just outside the bustle of downtown Little Rock.
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Arkansas cyberspace Traveler

A ditty and a dialogue about a traveler and a squatter that became part of the folklore of the state and nation more than a century ago are to once again get their due.
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DRESSING ROOM: Plastic surgery-based lingerie

How do you look slim, trim and smooth in your holiday-season wardrobe? Add Dr. Rey Shapewear to the ever growing list of 21st-century foundation garment lines.
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WHAT’S IN A DAME: Who’s right in debate on breast test?

In July last year, I devoted two columns to a subject very close to my heart.
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CRITICAL MASS: Exiles’ LA Indians far from Hollywood

A couple of years ago, Milestone Cinematheque engineered the theatrical release of Charles Burnett’s Killer of Sheep, a film the director made in 1977 while he was a graduate student at the University of California at Los Angeles that now is considered one of the masterpieces of American cinema.
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TELL ME ABOUT IT: In-law’s gossip a power trip

DEAR CAROLYN: My sister-in-law is an extremely pious woman. Over the years she has treated me as a close friend and confidante while verbally denigrating our other sister-in-law to me in private. Turns out she treats the other sister-in-law the same way — as a close companion, while privately telling her about my many faults, some true, some false.
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HOROSCOPES BY HOLIDAY

Happy birthday. This will be one of your most enterprising years.Your ambition moves you to create alliances and perhaps even form a company. An occurrence in your personal life feels magical, and yet it is the result of years of working on yourself. Financial uplift comes in the form of a new assignment or investor in March. Virgo and Gemini people adore you.
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HELPFUL HINTS

DEAR HELOISE: Some folks have a Global Positioning System stuck to the dash of the car. Rather than unplug the GPS every time my dad runs an errand, he just takes off his hat and plops it on the dash of his truck. You can’t see the cords, the GPS or the suction-cup attachment. Works like a charm.
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Check your knowledge

1. The first broadcasting network was the National Broadcasting Co., headed by whom? 2. The Pittsburgh Pirates have won five World Series, all of them going how many games? 3. There are 1,760 yards in what unit of measurement? 4. What is the highest point in the world?
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Museums move to put their collections online

At any given time, 10 percent or less of the Old State House Museum’s collection is on public display in downtown Little Rock, as Katherine Benenati reports in Tuesday’s Style section. Many items are so delicate that they are rarely displayed. Some date to 1819 — 17 years before Arkansas became a state.
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Cyclocross pushes bicyclists to test their endurance

Ten bicycle racers have lined up on a stretch of pavement in NorthShore, a North Little Rock business park. It is unseasonably warm on this Sunday morning in November.
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Happy trails

FORT ROOTS SWITCHBACKS Location: Trailhead is on Paul Duke Drive, 828 feet north of the intersection with River Road in North Little Rock. Park at the River View Skateboard Park just south of the intersection.
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