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TN Fall Contest: In medias…reeeees
October 1, 2007 – 8:46 AM | 16 Comments

Aw, Mr. Katimski.
I put up the contest, I went to bed, I got up, and what do you know, as of this writing we’ve got 4% of the official goal and three (3) projects already …

Eastern Promises
October 1, 2007 – 1:41 AM | 19 Comments

I didn’t really want to see Eastern Promises. I didn’t absolutely not want to see it, but seriously, I have such Little Viggo fatigue right now — every single article and review about the movie …

TN Fall Contest: Go, Now! Go!
October 1, 2007 – 12:01 AM | No Comment

Seems appropriate to kick things off with the whispered words from the MSCL theme: the contest has begun.
The permanent contest page is here (or just look to your right; it’s at the top there).Feel …

Great minds
September 29, 2007 – 5:35 PM | 6 Comments

Evidently the fine folks at Distortrait can smell what the GBC is cooking — they’ve put Kiefer on a girls’ bike.
That goes on a t-shirt, I’d better be getting one free. Thanks to reader Elle …

The Vine: Find That Book Fest V
September 28, 2007 – 3:29 PM | 19 Comments

Hey Sars,
Yet another help-me-find-this-book question for the readers, if you don’t know off the top of your head. A book intended for probably the 12-14 audience, or slightly older. Some kind of post-apocalyptic scenario where …

The Vine: Find That Book Fest IV
September 28, 2007 – 2:40 PM | 2 Comments

Hi Sars,
I read a book about five years ago that I think was sort of recent at the time (2002-3). In those days I chose books to read almost purely by the graphic design, so …

The Vine: Find That Book Fest III
September 28, 2007 – 1:18 PM | 13 Comments

Sars,
As a child I had a favorite book that was, my mother says, a folk tale from some Northern European country. Russia? The Ukraine? Norway? We can’t remember, or in any case disagree. It was …

The Vine: Find That Book Fest II
September 28, 2007 – 12:18 PM | 71 Comments

Dear Sars,
I always thought that my first letter to you would contain at least a LITTLE drama or ethical dilemna, but here we have it.
I remember reading a wonderful book when I was around 10 …

The Vine: Find That Book Fest I
September 28, 2007 – 11:16 AM | 8 Comments

There was a children’s book I loved as a kid. It was the story of a brother and sister who were transported to an alternate reality to rescue their grandparents. Their grandparents had fallen through …

The Tomato Nation Fall Contest: Preview
September 27, 2007 – 11:03 PM | 29 Comments
The Tomato Nation Fall Contest: Preview

Not exactly what I have in mind…  
It’s baaaaaaaack!
A year and a half ago, you wonderful, helpful, smart, generous, sweet-smelling, tasteful, education-minded people raised $30,000 for DonorsChoose and invited me to shave my head. Now …