Monthly Archives: January 2010
Voreplay: Remainders of 2009 Edition
January is always a great music month. The combination of Christmas gift cards and best-of lists allow us to discover music that slipped through the cracks during the year. This January we took particular inspiration from this list by one … Continue reading
Friday Recommends: Links
For your clicking pleasure: 1. Slate’s TV Club blogs the final season of “Lost.” 2. From Newsweek, “Why ‘Lost’ is a Show About Faith.” (We count ourselves “Lost” “progressives.”) 3. Entertainment Weekly picks 10 Essential “Lost” Episodes. 4. Jay Leno … Continue reading
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Meet the New Helen!
x Her name is Voldemort Melissa. She drinks goat’s blood and sucks the life force out of children and puppies. Do not look directly into her eyes! Or else you too may become the most evil and conniving character on … Continue reading
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Shih Tzus are better than Dachshunds
Or at least that’s what Voreblog readers think, according to a recent poll that has caused marital strife over its “confusing” verbiage. Have you voted yet? The issue of whether we will find out Baby Voreblog’s gender hangs in the … Continue reading
Filed under marital tension, parenthood
“If you work really hard, and you’re kind, amazing things will happen.”
Conan’s plea against cynicism, and his “Free Bird” moment with Will Ferrell.
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Sophomore Efforts
x x Two much-anticipated January releases — The Unnamed, by Joshua Ferris, and Vampire Weekend’s Contra — are case studies in The Sophomore Effort. Then We Came To The End, the 2007 debut novel from Ferris, is one of the … Continue reading
Filed under books, music, things that make you sad
Friday Recommends: Being With Coco
Tonight will be Conan O’Brien’s last gig as host of “The Tonight Show.” While we’ve spent a lot of time talking about how much we dislike Jay Leno, we’ve not devoted much space to saying just how much we like … Continue reading
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Special Readers Forum: Baby Edition!
Many of you, in your kind words responding to yesterday’s post, have already sounded off on the matter of whether or not we should find out the gender of Baby Voreblog. You’ve been appraised as to where the respective sides stand … Continue reading
Filed under parenthood, readers forum
This Day In Vore History: January 20, 2010
In our ongoing attempt to introduce new plot lines and fresh material to our blog, we have decided to have a baby. Today, January 20, 2010, Erin enters her second trimester. Here is a picture to prove it: Two pregnancy … Continue reading
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Two Weeks And Counting
The third “Lost” Supper image has hit the Internets. Here it is (with #1 and #2 following): x The “Lost” Supper, #3 (much bigger image here) x The “Lost” Supper, #1 (all looking at Locke) x The “Lost” Supper, #2 … Continue reading
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