Dave Addis, Author at Style Weekly

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Fleecing the Troops

These young troops think that the deals they're signing are mandatory and that they're endorsed by their senior officers — men and women whom they've been conditioned to follow at all peril and at any cost.

Dave Addis - August 18, 2004

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Obsessive Behavior

If the media floods the airwaves and inkwells with Laci Peterson coverage and perceives no interest, it will stop.

Dave Addis - July 7, 2004

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Home Alone?

So, if you’re truly neurotic, your fears of Internet-powered vandals and burglars should now include airborne miscreants who can zero in on you by satellite and wreak havoc from the skies.

Dave Addis - June 2, 2004

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Pooch ‘Talk’

You strap one of these devices onto Fido’s collar, so the publicity says, and when Fido barks it will transmit signals to a handheld...

Dave Addis - August 20, 2003

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Monkey Love

One, Kristen S., said in a blistering e-mail that because dogs can transmit rabies and cats can transmit cat-scratch fever, they’re no better than...

Dave Addis - June 25, 2003

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Supersized McLosses

News item: OAK BROOK, Ill. (AP) — McDonald's Corp. announced the first quarterly net loss in its history Thursday, a $343.8 million deficit for the last three months of 2002.

Dave Addis - February 12, 2003

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Future Hangups

Older readers can pause for a moment and gloat. They know that the phone companies have been promising "picture phones" for 50 years now,...

Dave Addis - December 25, 2002

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$ Marks the Spot

Somehow, that doesn't exactly shiver me timbers. It hardly evokes the image of the marauders of the Spanish Main. Still, theft is theft. An...

Dave Addis - October 30, 2002

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$ Marks the Spot

Somehow, that doesn't exactly shiver me timbers. It hardly evokes the image of the marauders of the Spanish Main. Still, theft is theft. An...

Dave Addis - October 30, 2002

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