Articles in Culture and Criticism

If you’re going to hide the body, try…actually hiding it.
I’ve read nearly everything Joe McGinniss has written. The Selling of the President is great, straight-ahead reporting; it has a new-journalism twist to it, I guess, …
My take on The Outsiders: The Complete Novel is up at The House Next Door (I’d have linked sooner but I just found out today that it had gone up).
When almost everyone I know adores a movie, I go into it with a little bit of resistance, not because I have a contrarian streak (although I do) but because I figure it’s bound to …
But seriously, folks: I only have $45 to go until I reach my AIDS Walk goal. Would you mind donating if you haven’t already, to get me over the hump? (Heh; I said “hump.”) And …
Ladies and gentlemen: British Cheddar.
I’ll be closing the cheese poll shortly, so if you haven’t voted yet — or want to clear your caches and take one more run at it — now’s the time.
Thank you all for participating; …

Beautiful Cheddar Gorge
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Bunting: I love pizza. I love it so much that even working in a pizza parlor for two semesters couldn’t break …

I like a product that is cleverly teeny, and this here bitty bottle of polish is so cleverly teeny that I actually crooned “awwww” at it in the Sephora checkout line (ask Wing, who edged …
Reader Lori S. tipped me to International Respect For Chickens Day, which I very dis-respectfully missed (it was yesterday). United Poultry Concerns does have a store, if you would like to purchase a chicken-themed shirt …

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British Cheddar vs. Vermont Cheddar. Here it is! The match-up I’ve been waiting for — the American Cheese-olution!