Monthly Archives: November 2011
BREAKING NEWS: NBA Season is On!
NEW YORK (AP) – NBA owners and players reached a tentative agreement early Saturday to end the 149-day lockout despite intense, eleventh hour attempts by Erin Vore to provoke tensions on both sides and prolong the standoff until the end of … Continue reading
Filed under marital tension, NBA, sports
Crazy, Stupid Love
All cringe, all the time. xx “It’s been a really long year,” Emily (Julianne Moore) says to Cal (Steve Carell), at the end of Crazy, Stupid Love. The year in question has seen Emily and Cal separate following her unfaithfulness, … Continue reading
Friday Recommends: Up All Night
Gob Bluth and Veronica Corningstone, parents. x The dustbin of history is littered with bad parenting sitcoms. “Baby Talk.” “Family Matters.” “My Two Dads.” “Baby Bob.” “Small Wonder.” (You remember this one. It was the one where a family created … Continue reading
Filed under Friday Recommends, parenthood, television
State College After The Scandal
The question now for the folks in my (Ben’s) hometown of State College, Pennsylvania, is where do we go next. I have continued to follow the developments involving Jerry Sandusky and the sex abuse scandal with morbid, guilt-ridden curiosity: I … Continue reading
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Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part Garbage: 1982-2011, R.E.M.
x The passing of R.E.M. several months back was a sad but hardly surprising event. Bands don’t usually stick together for three decades. The ones that do have often worn out their welcome long ago. While we liked R.E.M.’s last … Continue reading
Filed under music
Not So Happy Valley
x I (Ben) didn’t go to Penn State University, but growing up in State College, Pennsylvania, is basically the same thing. Over half of my graduating high school class went to Penn State. Our high school mascot couldn’t escape Penn … Continue reading
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