Monthly Archives: November 2010
R.I.P., Leslie Nielsen
Frank Drebin, you will be missed. So will you, Enrico Pallazzo. (And you, Dr. Shirley Rumack.) We are hard pressed to think of any three minute and fifty five second stretch of film that achieves the comedic genius of The … Continue reading
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You Lost Me There, Rosecrans Baldwin
x Victor Aaron is the type of brilliant, industrious person who is smart enough to be a preeminent scientist in the field of Alzheimer’s research and dense enough not to know the first thing about his own heart. We all … Continue reading
Special Matt Masterson Edition of Friday Recommends: Fatherhood
You may recall that previous guest blogger Matt Masterson has no soul, but he does have something else now: a baby. In a continuing series on guest parenting posts, Matt shares what it’s like to be a new dad as … Continue reading
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Lait, Baby Lait
Ben and I drove Sam (Sam didn’t have money for cab fare) to his four-month appointment on Tuesday. He behaved great, smiled and cooed for the doctor, and then, he behaved as well as any baby behaves while being twice … Continue reading
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Winter’s Bone
When absent fathers do meth. xx [The conversation we actually had before viewing Winter's Bone this weekend.] ERIN: What’s this about? BEN: Dan really liked it. Got great reviews. ERIN: This isn’t another Croupier, is it? BEN: It’s the Missouri Ozarks … Continue reading
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Things a New Mom Learns in Four Months
Four months! Holy cannoli! I (Erin) cannot believe that four months ago, in the sweltering heat of July, our ebullient, smiley Sam was still swimming in my tummy. Currently, Sam is at such a fun stage: he smiles and giggles, … Continue reading
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The Ghost Writer
Let’s toast to this not being a Star Wars movie. x Our friends who have kids warned us that our moviegoing habits would suffer once we became parents. And how. The last movie we saw in the theater (Eclipse) was … Continue reading
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We Want Two Free Accordion Books!
And you can help! You may remember Jenny Beck, a lifestyle photographer from Columbus, Ohio, from “The Vores Go Zoolander.” She was in town again recently for another photo shoot. Sam was the star, but we turned up in a … Continue reading
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Comeback Kids
I know, I know — two Jazz posts in one week is all but begging our readership to quit us. But what a week! Deron Williams hit a runner in the paint with 0.8 seconds left to give Utah a … Continue reading
Friday Recommends: Links Edition
- Mr. Andrew Cashmere, known to readers of Paul Daugherty’s TML blog as “Nosepile,” writes his second guest column. Topics include sports funks, Demolition beating Strike Force for the Tag Team Championship at Wrestlemania, Top 5 lists, insomnia, giving Chad … Continue reading
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