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Happy birthday to me!
March 21, 2013 – 1:38 PM | 32 Comments
Happy birthday to me!

Okay, so I left Yahoo!, even though I had a great team/time there, because I had some other things I wanted to do, like work on The Blotter, and also, let's be honest, curse freely …

Around the Tomatoverse: Rocha, Rayna, Ari Gold, and dancing nuts
February 12, 2013 – 4:49 PM | 3 Comments
Around the Tomatoverse: Rocha, Rayna, Ari Gold, and dancing nuts

Above, Coco Rocha schools Buzzfeed on the perfect photobomb. Hee.
On The Blotter, The Amazing Soriano solved the category-spacing ish. Thanks, friend.
On Yahoo!, I recapped The Carrie Diaries, Girls (ugh), and love in an elevator on Nashville; interviewed Coco Rocha about …

Elsewhere in the Tomatoverse: Carrie, commercials, Kingles
January 31, 2013 – 10:49 AM | 8 Comments
Elsewhere in the Tomatoverse: Carrie, commercials, Kingles

On The Blotter, I talked about the ambiguity of Zodiac's ending with Matt Zoller Seitz and Mike D'Angelo, and reviewed an excellent Jack the Ripper book. (Coming soon: a "compleat Betty Broderick" line-up from me and …

Elsewhere in the Tomatoverse: Oprah, Rayna, and Ralph
January 18, 2013 – 6:33 PM | 3 Comments
Elsewhere in the Tomatoverse: Oprah, Rayna, and Ralph

On Yahoo!, I broke down Night One of the Lance/Oprah interview (twice); recapped Nashville, The Carrie Diaries, Revenge, and Girls; and talked about Oprah some more.
On Revolting Snacks, Dr. Glark filed a report from L.A. on some …

All-time scariest TV episodes
October 11, 2012 – 1:10 PM | 113 Comments
All-time scariest TV episodes

Hey, folks. I'm sourcing a story for Yahoo! about the all-time scariest TV episodes, and I just know I'm forgetting some obvious ones. (I'm also a bit embarrassed that finding clips from Star Trek: TOS's "A …

Recently in the Snacksiverse: Reel 54Q, Lester's Fixins
September 28, 2012 – 11:16 AM | 11 Comments
Recently in the Snacksiverse: Reel 54Q, Lester's Fixins

Testing the revulsive/retroperistaltic coefficients of Lester's Fixins sodae. Subjects included Sweet Corn, Buffalo Wing, Coffee, and Bacon flavors. One (1) test reel corrupted. Report filed by Drs. S. Douglas and D. Gardner Bunting.

"…Oh, balls": My new gig at Yahoo! Shine Sport
August 27, 2012 – 9:37 AM | 7 Comments
"…Oh, balls": My new gig at Yahoo! Shine Sport

Yahoo! Shine recently launched a Sport vertical, which is awesome, and put me in charge of it, which is even awesomer. Please step over there and various regular features like Breakfast Trey, a fairly regular …

Girls 110: I'm very moved
June 18, 2012 – 10:46 AM | No Comment
<I>Girls</I> 110: I'm very moved

From my recap of the Girls finale over at Press Play:
Everything about the event is quintessentially Jessa, from the idea that she'll mess with everyone's preconceived notions about free spirits to the "veil" that looks like …

Girls 109: Slim leg
June 11, 2012 – 4:20 PM | No Comment
<I>Girls</I> 109: Slim leg

From my recap of last night's Girls episode, "Leave Me Alone," over at Press Play:
I had to accept years ago that I'd never make that cut, because when I was Hannah's age, the internet was considered …

Elsewhere in the Tomatoverse: Brooklyn Girls and tennis boys
June 6, 2012 – 8:55 PM | No Comment
Elsewhere in the Tomatoverse: Brooklyn <I>Girls</I> and tennis boys

In case you missed 'em, 1) Couch Baron, Joe R, and I ranked the French Open's Round of 16ers over at the baronial blog. A triumph for Tipsarevic, backhand-orgasm face, and not one but TWO …