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N Cracker AA Round 1 Flight 5: Vote!
October 29, 2013 – 9:15 AM | 7 Comments
N Cracker AA Round 1 Flight 5: Vote!

…Oh my. I just absolutely have no idea what’s going to become of Flight 5, because I just absolutely have no idea what I might vote for my own self.

N Cracker AA Round 1 Flight 4: Vote!
October 25, 2013 – 9:32 AM | 15 Comments
N Cracker AA Round 1 Flight 4: Vote!

The fourth flight distinguishes itself with me primarily via all the crackers in it that I hate.

N Cracker AA Round 1 Flight 3: Vote!
October 21, 2013 – 10:00 AM | 19 Comments
N Cracker AA Round 1 Flight 3: Vote!

Okay, whoa. Graham crackers, Triscuits original, AND Wheat Thins original in this round?

The Trials of Muhammad Ali: A fomental institution
October 19, 2013 – 10:37 AM | 2 Comments
<em>The Trials of Muhammad Ali</em>: A fomental institution

Bill Siegel’s The Trials of Muhammad Ali is a riveting hour and a half, and that isn’t surprising given its subject, one of the most charismatic humans ever.

N Cracker AA Round 1 Flight 2: Vote!
October 15, 2013 – 9:30 AM | 24 Comments
N Cracker AA Round 1 Flight 2: Vote!

Does anyone else remember that Premium Saltines commercial where a sleeve of the crackers is tossed into the ocean to demonstrate how watertight it is?

N Cracker AA Round 1 Flight 1: Vote!
October 10, 2013 – 10:30 AM | 27 Comments
N Cracker AA Round 1 Flight 1: Vote!

This isn’t one of the tougher flights to predict; the randomizer gave us a couple of doozies, but I think it’s Goldfish cheddar’s to lose.

Gravity: Just breathe
October 5, 2013 – 11:31 AM | 17 Comments
<em>Gravity</em>: Just breathe

Gravity‘s 98-percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes at this writing is appropriate.

Tiger Eyes
September 22, 2013 – 10:44 AM | 14 Comments
<em>Tiger Eyes</em>

“Second-Act Problems” is not a spirit animal, folks.

The N Cracker AA: Nominations
July 23, 2013 – 7:00 AM | 120 Comments
The N Cracker AA: Nominations

It’s time for the N Cracker AA — together, we’ll choose the best cracker of them all.

Koch: More lights on the bridge
July 21, 2013 – 5:36 PM | No Comment
<em>Koch</em>: More lights on the bridge

I grew up in a Wall Street bedroom community, where the local news isn’t really local because…who cares.