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Girls’ Bike Club XIII: Hasselhopeless
July 31, 2006 – 11:35 AM | No Comment

Wing Chun: Hello?
Sarah: I think you mean “Mel-lo.”
Wing Chun: I…do?
Sarah: Yes, sugar tits, you do.
Wing Chun: Sugar what now? …Ohhhh, yeah, Mel Gibson. Hey, what’s the movie where he’s frozen and then he wakes up?
Sarah: …

Girls’ Bike Club XII: Men Of La Mancha
May 29, 2006 – 11:21 AM | No Comment

Wing Chun: Hello?
Sarah: Well, hellooooooo.
Wing Chun: Oh, I know. I know.
Sarah: Dude. Fisticuffs.
Wing Chun: Dude? Pummeling!
Sarah: Pummeling.
Wing Chun: Pummeling and smacking.
Sarah: Like Christmas in May, this is.
Wing Chun: Christmas and our birthdays.

Come Here, Go Away
April 17, 2006 – 11:15 AM | No Comment
Come Here, Go Away

Come here, chorus of De La Soul‘s “Potholes In My Lawn,” into the chorus of which I can fit the words “cat barf in my shoe” perfectly, and thank the Lord, because apparently there’s no …

Girls’ Bike Club XI: Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door
January 30, 2006 – 11:07 AM | No Comment

Wing Chun: Hello.
Sarah: …Jeez.
Wing Chun: Oh, hi. Sorry.
Sarah: Everything okay?
Wing Chun: Yeah, yeah, everything’s fine, but with the Oscar nominations coming out tomorrow, it’s like, once more into the breach, my friends.
Sarah: No kidding. And …

The Stephen King Movie Problem
November 14, 2005 – 10:58 AM | 13 Comments

[Warning: May contain various horror movie/Stephen King book spoilers. If you’re sensitive to those, turn back now.]
My Netflix list is so crazy long right now that the software won’t let me add any more titles …

Girls’ Bike Club X: C’mon, Get Happy
November 7, 2005 – 10:57 AM | No Comment

Wing Chun: Hello?
Sarah: Hi! Um, so, are you…eating? Right now?
Wing Chun: No. Why? Who.
Sarah: Have you eaten? Recently?
Wing Chun: Well…how recently is “recently”?
Sarah: You know. Recently. Like since, say, June.
Wing Chun: This involves Michael Jackson. …

“That’s Good Stuff! His Kung-Fu’s Good!”
October 10, 2005 – 10:53 AM | No Comment

What I know about kung-fu movies wouldn’t fill a thimble, including whether I should call them “kung-fu movies” in the first place. The correct term is probably “martial-arts feeeeelms,” and no doubt I will receive …

The Vine: September 27, 2005
September 27, 2005 – 11:06 AM | No Comment

Hi, Sars. I’m a longtime reader of your site and love everything on it, especially the GBC. Hee.
Anyway, my friend has this cat. It’s not what you’re thinking. Both the friend and the cat are …

Girls’ Bike Club IX: Negative, Ghost Rider, The Pattern Is Full
June 20, 2005 – 10:11 AM | One Comment

Wing Chun: Hello?
Sarah: Oh, hello.
Wing Chun: Oh. Hello.
Sarah: You know…
Wing Chun: I know. Oh, how I know.
Sarah: And the thing is…
Wing Chun: Mmmmmm-hmm.
Sarah: Because I just…I…
Wing Chun: …If I may?
Sarah: Please.
Wing Chun: SHUT. UP. TOM. …

Girls’ Bike Club VIII: You Had Me At “Heh”
May 2, 2005 – 10:05 AM | One Comment

Wing Chun: Hello?
Sarah: …Dude.
Wing Chun: …I know.
Sarah: Dude.
Wing Chun: I know.
Sarah: You know that scene in Jason and the Argonauts with the skeletons?
Wing Chun: I…don’t think so.
Sarah: With the, where they’re swarming?
Wing Chun: I’d remember …