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A guide to brown-bag meals

stevehammer — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:44:04 -0500

A few months ago, I reviewed the various fine-dining options to be found in the vending machines of Downtown office buildings.

Say goodbye to autumn

stevehammer — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:09:21 -0500

The warm sunlight of this weekend, perhaps the last warm weekend of the year, reminds us that autumn has nearly left Indiana.

The Pacers need a stimulus package

stevehammer — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 09:52:10 -0500

The Indiana Pacers started off the National Basketball Association season with two painful losses and even the most optimistic followers of the squad are hoping they finish with almost as many wins as

Halloween is Satan's Christmas

stevehammer — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:03:36 -0400

In nearly 20 years of writing for this publication, I’ve taken great pride in offending, alienating and angering thousands of readers.

Balloon Dad and Octomom: Go away

stevehammer — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 11:20:13 -0400

Back in the late 1990s, I was sitting in my living room with my buddy Matt Stokely, sharing some fine distilled spirits and some fine cigars, when the two of us made a wager.

A list of confusion

stevehammer — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 11:00:18 -0400

I like to think I’m a fairly intelligent person. Others may (and do) disagree, but I like to think I am. But why, then, do so many aspects of modern life baffle me?

Wal-Mart: the WTF store

stevehammer — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 11:16:04 -0400

Except for pathological hoarders and people with shopping-addiction disorder, it’d probably be hard to find very many people who say they love shopping at Wal-Mart.

Anti-bird policy ruffles feathers

stevehammer — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 10:46:30 -0400

With all the economic turmoil, unemployment and strife facing us, Indianapolis civic leaders have decided to tackle one of the most pressing issues facing our city: birds.

Remembering 1999

stevehammer — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 09:57:02 -0400

I’m not one to engage much in nostalgia, at least when it comes to events in my own life.

Pity the poor ‘Madden widows’

stevehammer — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 10:13:08 -0400

The new National Football League season is here and, with it, comes yet another sign of the transition to autumn: the newest installment of EA Sports’ Madden NFL video game.