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Never Enough
May 20, 2008 – 3:26 PM | 5 Comments
<I>Never Enough</I>

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, …

Stay golder with this additional footage, Ponyboy
May 17, 2008 – 7:37 PM | 5 Comments

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).

Enchanted
May 13, 2008 – 9:19 AM | 32 Comments

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 …

You Guys, 2155; AIDS’s Balls, 0
May 9, 2008 – 11:01 AM | 10 Comments

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 …

The TGR/TN 2008 NCheeseAA Champion
May 8, 2008 – 11:55 AM | 16 Comments

Ladies and gentlemen: British Cheddar.

One door closes, another door opens
May 8, 2008 – 9:12 AM | 55 Comments

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; …

The 2008 NCheeseAA Final: British Cheddar vs. Mozzarella
May 6, 2008 – 8:52 AM | 58 Comments
The 2008 NCheeseAA Final: British Cheddar vs. Mozzarella

Beautiful Cheddar Gorge
(Ready to vote? Click here! The poll stays open until Thursday morning.)
 
Bunting: I love pizza. I love it so much that even working in a pizza parlor for two semesters couldn’t break …

Product Crush: Sephora Brand Nail Polish
May 5, 2008 – 10:19 PM | 9 Comments
Product Crush: Sephora Brand Nail Polish

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 …

No, really: What of our hens?
May 5, 2008 – 8:52 AM | 10 Comments

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 …

NCheeseAA: The Final Four-mage
May 1, 2008 – 9:21 AM | 5 Comments
NCheeseAA: The Final Four-mage

(Ready to vote? Click here!)
British Cheddar vs. Vermont Cheddar. Here it is! The match-up I’ve been waiting for — the American Cheese-olution!