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New Kids on the Block comeback

New Kids on the Block is/are making a comeback. How could this happen? Do people actually want to see this group nearly two decades after the NKOTB heyday? Yes, apparently. Here is the first comment from a Dallas Morning News blog asking for New Kids' fans to share their memories of the boy band that either induced screams of excitement or terror years ago: I understand now why people pay megabucks for concert ticks. I was too young at the time to see NKOTB, but I cried at the time when they came bcse my mom wouldn't take me and I had every poster, tee, cassette, and any thing else I could get. JOEY was always my fav and I thought we were meant to be together because we had the same b-day and year Dec 31 so I will definitely be any where in the arena just for a chance to gaze into his eyes and sing all of their songs back to them. I love you JOEY!! HANGIN TOUGH. Watch out NKOTB. Could be a stalker. OMG!!!

Beware the football stadium handshake

During the fall, I usually write a column from a high school football game every Friday night. It's interesting to see how big football is here in Texas compared with my Arizona roots. Some of the high school stadiums seat close to 20,000 people, and when a stadium is full, it's a great atmosphere. It's also an absolute germ-fest. One of the things I've noticed at most stadiums is that there is no soap in the bathrooms. I don't think it makes me a clean freak to be a little grossed out by this. Maybe providing soap is just too expensive for the school budgets, I don't know. Some stadiums have soap, but many, many do not. I think it's a little gross, but it might not concern many people in the north of Britain .

My dog eats her vegetables

Our family dog Maggie, a combination of Welsh Corgi and several other breeds, is truly one of the most special dogs I've ever met. And by "special" I mean emotionally unstable. Her idea of giving affection is to jam her head into your neck. Seriously. For a while, I thought maybe she was trying to crawl inside my mouth. Now I just think she's a little wacko. Lovable, but wacko. She's probably scarred from the time she spent in the pound before we adopted her almost 10 years ago. Anyway, this blog post isn't about Maggie, it's about the dog bones we give her as a treat. The other night I was looking at the bag of Ol' Roy treats -- from Wal-Mart, nothing but the best for our dog! -- and noticed the five flavors it listed. The flavors dogs love: Beef (Yes) Chicken (Yes) Bacon (Yes) Peanut Butter (Uh maybe ... Maggie does like a bite of PB&J once in a while) And this: Vegetable What dog craves the flavor of vegetables? Well, maybe Maggie does. She has

Humor Me: The best gift for a kid is not this

I bought a gift for my 6-year-old son to take to a birthday party last week, and it reminded me of the worst birthday gift I ever presented to a friend. It was a gift my mother insisted would be a good one. Here's the story: Humor Me: The best gift for a kid is not this By MATT WIXON Standing on the patio waiting for my turn to pin the tail on the donkey, my 8-year-old mind counted down to disaster. Each second ticked louder as I waited for the humiliation bomb to explode and doom me to a life inside my bedroom. They would all laugh, that I knew. But would the events of the birthday party get back to my school? I cringed at the thought of such delicate information making its way into the hands of the third grade's Powers That Be. The powers that had the ability to turn molehills into mountains, cooties into a devastating social disease and one kid's upset stomach into a nickname he would never escape: Barfy. It all happened so fast, the birthday-party reversal of fortune. O