The 'other guy did it' won't work as an alibi
GREG BEAN Coda
      One of my favorite literary characters is a guy called Otherguy Overby. Otherguy makes his first appearance in a book by Ross Thomas called "Chinaman's Chance." In the book, it's explained that Otherguy got his name because every time he got arrested for a crime, his alibi was that "some other guy...
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Mom's foreign language skills are rusty
LORI CLINCH Are We There Yet?
      'Are you relieved that the kids are back in school?" a kind soul asked me just last week. I think I shocked him when I said I was not happy at all. After all, one might think that a mother of four boys would be doing a lighthearted salsa routine all about the abode when she hears the first school...
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