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School science fairs could be so much more
Columnist Steve Ouellette's son and his partner created a solar oven that can cook delicious s'mores, given enough sunlight, for the recent event.

  • All eyes were on the 23rd Congressional District
    Every major news outlet in the country ran stories on the civil war that broke out in the Republican party, says columnist Steve Ouellette, giving a Democrat the chance to win the seat for the first time since the real Civil War.

  • Payback Day: The trick after the treats
    Embittered and disillusioned, columnist Steve Ouellette plans an evil revenge for the day after Halloween.

  • Let me float a few ideas by you
    Columnist Steve Ouellette shares some excerpts from the alleged blog of Richard Heene, the man whose son wasn't inside that balloon floating high over Colorado.

  • Label him frustrated
    Columnist Steve Ouellette gets all the free return-address labels he needs from charities seeking donations, thank you very much.

  • Torn between the dark and the light
    Steve Ouellette's younger son is deciding between two Halloween costumes that are poles apart in terms of good guys and bad guys — could his decision affect his future role in life?

  • Who needs qualifications to referee the NBA?
    Under the cover of no one really paying any attention, the National Basketball Association is locking out its officials and plans to begin its season with replacement referees, writes columnist Steve Ouellette. He wants the job.

  • Tech support: Is it really entirely foreign?
    Combine live tech support from an incomprehensible overseas operator with completely automated voice recognition tech support, says columnist Steve Ouellette, and get a nightmare that he calls "my entire afternoon "

  • Ouellette: Protect your kids from the president
    Columnist Steve Ouellette, as tongue-in-cheek as ever, says he was dumbstruck when he learned Barack Obama would be delivering a speech to America's children. What did he have to gain? Ouellette asks. Kids can't even vote yet.

  • Imagine this kind of public-school makeover
    As part of the government stimulus package, writes columnist Steve Ouellette in a letter welcoming students back to a new and improved school, kids will be paid cold hard cash if their grades are high enough.

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