Monthly Archives: July 2011
Friday Recommends: Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows, Part 2
Once more, with feeling. x There are a hundred ways the Harry Potter movie franchise could have gone off the rails. Let’s just list a few examples: Chris Columbus could have directed all eight movies and not just the first … Continue reading
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Entertainment Weekly’s Pro-Piven Agenda
I’m a man of the people. I do yoga! x What should we find when we opened the latest issue of Entertainment Weekly but this bit of nefarious propaganda under the headline, “Jeremy Piven Needs You To Know That He’s … Continue reading
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Sam Turns One
I can’t believe you made me wait a year for cake. x Today is Sam’s birthday. How quickly time flies. One year ago he was born at Christ Hospital. It is a blur, now, to recall all the surreal details. We … Continue reading
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This Week In Classy Bengals Behavior
Several people have pointed out that if we’re going to take issue with Hines Ward and James Harrison, we should probably take issue with the Cincinnati Bengals and its spate of misbehaving criminals (three arrests in the past week). Two … Continue reading
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Friday Strongly Does Not Recommend: The Lovely Bones
This may look like heaven. Don’t be fooled. x Bad movies are a dime a dozen. Disastrously bad movies are more rare. The Lovely Bones is one of them. A disastrously bad movie needs to squander great potential. The Lovely … Continue reading
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This Week In Classy Steeler Behavior
Over the weekend Atlanta police pulled over Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Hines Ward, who failed a sobriety test and “could not keep his balance and mixed up and omitted letters in the alphabet.” (Apparently Ward thought he was still performing … Continue reading
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Friday Recommends: The Harrow And The Harvest, Gillian Welch
x There are many reasons to love Gillian Welch. High on our list is the fact she tours exclusively by car. When asked by Mother Jones why, she said this: There was something we were finding increasingly dislocating about airplane … Continue reading
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Debt Ceiling Cat.
[SCENE: Floor of Congress.] SPEAKER JOHN BOEHNER: I am open to proposals to reform the tax code so long as they won’t raise taxes on the American people. MINORITY LEADER NANCY PELOSI: John, how is closing tax loopholes equivalent to … Continue reading
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Bridesmaids
“It’s called civil rights. This is the ’90s.” x We think Kristen Wiig is the best thing to happen to “Saturday Night Live” since Will Ferrell. (Of course we love Tina Fey, but our love for her didn’t flourish until … Continue reading
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