“I wrote 63 songs this year. They’re all about Jeter.” Just kidding. The game we love, the players we hate, and more.
From Norman Mailer to Wendy Pepper — everything on film, TV, books, music, and snacks (shut up, raisins), plus the Girls’ Bike Club.
Helping public schools, winning prizes, sending a crazy lady in a tomato costume out in public.
Monologues, travelogues, fiction, and fart humor. And hens. Don’t forget the hens.
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Sarah 33, Death Race 23; 15 of 24 categories completed
I spent part of the day on Tuesday watching screeners for Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior. It’s the sort of show that makes me irremediably irritated almost …
Sarah 33, Death Race 23; 15 of 24 categories completed
Hey, fight for Algerian independence that tests the love and loyalties of three brothers: be less clichéd and plodding! Don’t have exchanges like
“Money means freedom.”
“I am …
Sarah 31, Death Race 25; 14 of 24 categories completed
The press materials for In A Better World include a statement from director Susanne Bier, in which she asserts that the film “sets out to explore …
I have a quick question on blog etiquette. On personal blogs, should every comment be acknowledged?
For the new year I started to blog regularly. They aren’t long or even very interesting posts. My posts are …
chianteeth (kee-ahn-teeth). n. 1. Discoloration of the teeth, lips, and tongue due to consumption of red wine. 2. The relative state of inebriation accompanying said discoloration, and resulting difficulty in denying same. Syn.: “grin-ot noir,” …
At long and uncomfortable last, the Bachelor producers allowed Brad to eject Brows McGee last night — and yet the episode still dragged, to the point where we spend most of this week’s Bradelor! DUN! …
Sarah 30, Death Race 26; 14 of 24 categories completed
I sobbed through the last five minutes of The Illusionist. The word “melancholy” features prominently in nearly every review I’ve read of the movie, but something …
Spring training, will you be my valentine?
Pitchers and catchers report
A couple days ago, reader Jenn fired an “eeeeee!” across the bow via email, all excited that baseball is back.
Yesterday, a certain pocket-sized Stupidhead who’s getting …
Sarah 29, Death Race 27 (YEAH THAT’S RIGHT); 13 of 24 categories completed
Joe R put it best in a series of tweets last night after we’d seen it, so I’ll just quote him:
WASTE LAND (B): …
Death Race 28, Sarah 28 (woo!); 13 of 24 categories completed (Woo II: Bride of Woo!)
…I didn’t hate it, but it isn’t very good. It’s competent, but the script makes maybe one fresh choice, and …