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Open Eye, Insert Statuette
March 19, 1999 – 10:51 AM | No Comment

Why? Why do I do this to myself? Every year I gnash my teeth at all the Oscars hype, and every year I vow to rent a movie instead of watching the Fashion Disaster Ego …

I Want My MTV. No, Not That One
March 19, 1999 – 10:50 AM | No Comment

I cultivated many a guilty pleasure as a kid – spending my entire allowance on Skor bars; reading the naughty parts of The Thorn Birds; procuring a bottle of neon pink nailpolish, stealing through the …

The Skinny On “How Thin Is Too Thin?”
March 16, 1999 – 1:27 PM | No Comment

I never buy People. I never even leaf through it at the doctor’s office; I’d rather read a four-month-old issue of Parenting. Even an unapologetic pop-cultivore like me has to draw the line somewhere, and …

Rite Of Springer
January 19, 1999 – 11:07 AM | No Comment

I spent New Year’s Day recuperating with a few of my favorite things: Bloody Marys, good friends, gossip, delicious pasta, and mind-numbingly bad film. The Biscuit and I, having downed enough room-temperature champagne and stayed …

Crush To Judgment
January 19, 1999 – 11:06 AM | No Comment

I used to work at a store in the Short Hills Mall called Cheers! (Not my exclamation point, just for the record.) Similar to a Hallmark store, but independently owned, Cheers! sold cards, wrapping paper, …

You Can Too Get Something For Nothing
January 19, 1999 – 11:04 AM | No Comment

This past weekend, the Biscuit and his friend Mr. Osbourne and I visited the Museum of Bad Art (also known as the MoBA) in Dedham, Massachusetts. The trip out to Dedham turned into a minor …

The Cultural Crime Library
November 11, 1998 – 10:25 PM | One Comment

Here in New York City, we have a so-called humor publication called The Rotten Apple. TRA models itself on (read: rips off without much success) magazines like The Onion and the Lampoon, but between the …

Sarah TV
November 11, 1998 – 10:22 PM | No Comment

Hobey, Warrior Feline
The occupants of the ninth floor lead tranquil lives, until an unmistakable jingling sound heralds the approach of pure evil, and the long shadow of terror falls over their happy hallway. Fuzzy Mousie …

I Don’t Get That, Volume 1
October 16, 1998 – 12:06 PM | No Comment

I just don’t get some stuff. I don’t mean the complicated mysteries of the human body or the nature of the deity or anything lofty like that. I mean little everyday things. I’ve had a …

Radishes Are People Too
October 16, 1998 – 12:02 PM | One Comment

I don’t eat meat very often, because I can’t really afford it. Also, I don’t cook very well, and if I spend money on a nice piece of beef, I don’t want to ruin it …