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N Cereal AA: Elite Eight Runoff
July 20, 2009 – 9:33 AM | 14 Comments

…Hi!   …Good, good.   You know: vacay.   What’s up with you guys?   …Awesome.   So: cereals, right?
Every time I think it’s safe to close the poll, Frosted Flakes climbs back into it. …

N Cereal AA: The Elite Eight
July 11, 2009 – 8:07 AM | 11 Comments
N Cereal AA: The Elite Eight

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1 Rice Krispies vs. 2 Frosted Flakes. Wowie. Now this is a contest! I have to hand it to you fiber-loving TN voters: truly, these …

Support Local Biz: July 9, 2009
July 9, 2009 – 9:58 AM | 16 Comments

A few administrative notes before Lobster Roll Tour 2009 commences on Saturday…
As you may have deduced from the previous sentence, I’m going on vacation for a couple of weeks.   I may have internet access; …

N Cereal AA: The Sweet 16
July 7, 2009 – 12:34 PM | 56 Comments
N Cereal AA: The Sweet 16

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1 Rice Krispies vs. 4 Lucky Charms. …Ouch.This match-up could serve as an indicator of what we can expect once the winners in each draw …

Blue Velvet
July 6, 2009 – 9:15 PM | 30 Comments
<I>Blue Velvet</I>

David Lynch is, for me, an odd case.Everything he’s doing in a given film, the nods to and lifts from noir, the dreamy callbacks, the pointed ugliness in the candy coating, I can get behind …

Breakfast; Wimbledon
July 2, 2009 – 5:41 PM | 2 Comments

The current rounds of the N Cereal AA will close tomorrow; we’ll return with the Sweet 16 on Monday.   While you wait, enjoy the Wimbledon Drinking Game I helped Joe R to craft, or …

N Cereal AA Round of 32, Flights 3 and 4: Fiberfest and Sugar Shock
July 1, 2009 – 10:38 AM | 23 Comments
N Cereal AA Round of 32, Flights 3 and 4: Fiberfest and Sugar Shock

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1 Quaker Oat(meal) Squares vs. 8 oatmeal. I can’t say I’m particularly surprised that traditional oatmeal triumphed over Puffed Rice, the John Tesh of breakfast …

N Cereal AA Round of 32, Flights 1 and 2: Classics and Fruit/Nut
July 1, 2009 – 9:29 AM | 22 Comments
N Cereal AA Round of 32, Flights 1 and 2: Classics and Fruit/Nut

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1 Rice Krispies vs. 9 Shredded Wheat. Each of these unadorned Classics had a relatively easy path to the Round of 32, but despite the …

N Cereal AA: Monday-morning status report
June 29, 2009 – 11:01 AM | 8 Comments

Round of 64 voting for Classics, Fruit/Nut, and Fiberfest has closed.   You can see the results here; I won’t list every cereal moving on, but highlights include the street-fight upset of Corn Flakes by …

3-2-1 Launch: Monday 29 June! Freeee!
June 29, 2009 – 8:45 AM | No Comment
3-2-1 Launch: Monday 29 June!  Freeee!

Come on down to the Bell House on June 29 at 7 PM for a FREE Night Of Rock, to celebrate the launch of two new Brooklyn-based businesses — King Killer Studios and xtrapulp — …