Monthly Archives: April 2011
Scooter Thomas Wants You To Adopt Him. Please.
Our cat and occasional guest blogger Scooter Thomas has not written in this space for some time. He recently asked for the opportunity to make a plea to the Voreblog readership. We have granted his request. x Ahem. Please. Someone. … Continue reading
Filed under Sam, Scooter Thomas
Friday Recommends: Bossypants, Tina Fey
x Tina Fey’s critics wonder where Liz Lemon, her character from “30 Rock,” stops and Tina Fey begins. Liz Lemon is a witty, self-deprecating, occasionally slovenly producer of a sketch comedy show that bears a strong resemblance to “Saturday Night … Continue reading
Filed under books, Friday Recommends, movies, television
Where Shenanigans And Poop Jokes Happen: A Special, Non-Utah Jazz NBA Playoffs Readers Forum (or, “If Scott Guldin Told Me Fourteen Years Ago I’d Be Pulling For The Chicago Bulls, I’d Have Sworn He Was Trying To Sell Me A Bridge”)
x The most commented-upon posts in our blog’s brief history are the 2009 and 2010 NBA Playoffs Readers Forums. (Last year’s post had 170 comments, on topics as diverse as Scott Hastings’ Shoe Cam, Yoda’s age, T-shirts you regret buying … Continue reading
Filed under NBA, poop, readers forum, sports, Utah Jazz
A Defense Of Nic Cage’s Behavior Last Weekend.
When life imitates art. x We’re back from our spring break blogging hiatus, and we clearly need to address what happened to Nic Cage last weekend in New Orleans. No less than five of our friends texted/e-mailed us as the … Continue reading
Filed under Nic Cage
Non-Blogging Update
We’ve been terribly negligent about posting this week. You deserve some explanation: Sam has been sick. Ear infection. Pre-Spring Break week at school. Erin’s been busy. Ben had to mow the lawn. No excuse. Ben was in mourning that the … Continue reading
Filed under Uncategorized
Friday Recommends: The Tiger’s Wife, Tea Obreht
x If you are the sort of person given over to violently bitter resentment at the fame and success of precocious upstarts far younger than yourself (we’ll refrain from confessing whether we are such people), then consider the evidence that … Continue reading
Filed under books, Friday Recommends
Links
- “‘One Shining Moment’ should be destroyed” (h/t Scott Guldin) – The lyrics to Neko Case’s “Marais La Nuit” (h/t Mark Hoobler) – The best case we’ve read against Rob Bell’s Love Wins (h/t Jason Chamlee) (our take here) – … Continue reading
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Things To Love About Ohio: Barking Criminals
Yes, you read that right: MASON, Ohio — Police say an Ohio man accused of barking at a police dog has been charged with a misdemeanor. A Mason police report says 25-year-old Ryan James Stephens, of Mason, was charged with … Continue reading
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Pens!
These guys are in Ben’s youth group. x I am extremely jealous that 15-year-olds today have access to technology like iMovie and Flip video cameras. When my brother and I wanted to make homemade videos like this, we had to … Continue reading
Cyrus
I’m not sure why Marisa Tomei would sleep with me either. x We continue to catch flak from our friends for renting movies at Blockbuster in what is now a NetFlix world. We’re not exactly defending the fact we still … Continue reading
