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TN Read-Along #1 Discussion Thread: Going In Circles
June 24, 2010 – 1:23 PM | 42 Comments
TN Read-Along #1 Discussion Thread: <I>Going In Circles</I>

Don’t forget that Pamela Ribon is gracing us for a live chat on Wednesday 30 June at 8 PM ET. I’ll have a chat URL and an FAQ in the next day or two.
And now, …

The Crushed Film Festival presents: The Runner
June 21, 2010 – 4:50 PM | 21 Comments
The Crushed Film Festival presents: <I>The Runner</I>

The Movie: The Runner
The Crush Object: Ron Eldard
The Story: Compulsive gambler Edward (Eldard), who has obviously chosen to continue living in Las Vegas, gets a job through his Uncle Rocco (Joe Mantegna) as a runner …

It’s My Party
June 16, 2010 – 12:07 AM | 18 Comments
<I>It’s My Party</I>

A cable channel I watched frequently in the mid-nineties — I don’t remember which one; probably HBO — got the rights to It’s My Party, and the repellent promos, in which a woman simpered “it’s …

Anti-Word Of The Day: “rave-up”
June 14, 2010 – 10:25 PM | 32 Comments
Anti-Word Of The Day: “rave-up”

The Anti-Word Of The Day is, as you have probably guessed, not a word or term I want to catch on, but rather one which I would like to drop headfirst into a vat of …

Tomato Nation Read-Along #1: Going In Circles, by Pamela Ribon
June 10, 2010 – 6:33 PM | 27 Comments
Tomato Nation Read-Along #1: <I>Going In Circles</I>, by Pamela Ribon

THE THREAD COMETH! THURSDAY! BE THERE!
Also! Live chat with Ms. Ribon herself   Wednesday 30 June. Stay tuned.
The readers have spoken! Our first TN Read-Along book is Going In Circles, by Pamela Ribon. All y’all …

A Tomato Nation Read-Along: Discuss
June 8, 2010 – 5:52 PM | 44 Comments
A Tomato Nation Read-Along: Discuss

A few readers mentioned here that they’d like to do a TN read-along. I love the idea, in theory.
In practice, we might have a couple of issues, the first of which is book selection. I …

Words Of The Day: “dorkasualty,” “tremendouche”
May 24, 2010 – 12:08 PM | 44 Comments
Words Of The Day: “dorkasualty,” “tremendouche”

I coined “dorkasualty” just now, after giving myself a two-knuckle paper cut with the Chicago Manual. The 16.42 entry on documentation now looks like I used it as a hot-dog bun. Earlier today, I dropped …

Coffee Talk
May 10, 2010 – 9:20 AM | 167 Comments
Coffee Talk

I have a couple of questions about coffee — about the word “coffee,” the ways we use it, not about the beverage itself.
The first one: “coffee black.” I don’t order my coffee in the same …

Silkwood
May 6, 2010 – 2:29 PM | 9 Comments
<I>Silkwood</I>

Silkwood has so many unexpected charms: that Karen Silkwood is not a saint, but a basically decent and courageous woman, and a feckless and sometimes bratty woman; Drew leaving, then coming back to tell her, …

Your N Candy AA Chocolate Champion
May 6, 2010 – 12:18 PM | 21 Comments
Your N Candy AA Chocolate Champion

The Cups ranneth over Twix with 70% of the vote.
Stay tuned for the classic cocktails bracket (a.k.a. “The NC Make It A Double”), under construction as we speak — and the non-chocolate-candy version after that!