http://www.post-gazette.com/ Stories, chronicles and potpourri from readers and PG staff. Home of Random Acts of Kindness, The Morning File, Caption Contest, Raves, Word Watch and Storytelling, with new features added regularly. en-us Copyright 2010, post-gazette.com. Sat, 20 Mar 2010 12:46:50 -0400 15 http://www.post-gazette.com/includes/2007design/images/150x30pg_now_logo.gif http://www.post-gazette.com/ 144 39 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10078/1044010-294.stm?cmpid=morningfile.xml It is sometime in the early 1980s. I am working in Heads Together, a video and music store in Squirrel Hill. A teenager approaches the register and, steadying his posture, asks, "Do you have any movies by John Waters?" Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:12:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10077/1043717-294.stm?cmpid=morningfile.xml On Monday, March 1, I decided to venture outside. After a long illness and a case of cabin fever, I decided to get a haircut at a place right up the street from my home. I felt strong enough to stop at S&T Bank in Penn Hills, which is a short distance away, to get a check cashed. Seeing the friendly faces of the bank employees, I thought, would give me a boost. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:40:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043336-294.stm?cmpid=morningfile.xml Each year on March 17, I remember my mother's birthday and think of her at 25, left alone on a houseboat with three small children in the St. Patrick's Day flood of 1936. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400