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The Fall of the 1977 Phillies
September 15, 2008 · 17 Comments
<em>The Fall of the 1977 Phillies</em>

It’s ambitious, the book — the subtitle, “How a Baseball Team’s Collapse Sank a City’s Spirit,” is indicative of the grand parallels Mitchell Nathanson intends to draw between the Phillies’ Keystone kollapse to the Dodgers …

WordPress widget hunt + your help = prizes!
September 15, 2008 · 9 Comments

I’m looking for a WP widget for use with photos, one that either 1) allows me to put a graphic ONTO the photo (a little cartoon head, a virtual Post-It, like that), or 2) works …

NCDS Frozen Four: Write-Ups
September 14, 2008 · 38 Comments
NCDS Frozen Four: Write-Ups

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Cookie dough vs. mint chocolate chip. I have the same problem with cookie dough ice cream that I have with candy corn: I can’t eat just one kernel, or just …

Support Local Biz: September 13, 2008
September 13, 2008 · No Comment

From The House Next Door poobah Keith Uhlich:
I’m helping to run a film society in my neighborhood called “Film Park Slope.” It’s held, as long as scheduling allows, every month at Congregation Beth Elohim(271 Garfield …

The Vine: September 12, 2008
September 12, 2008 · 33 Comments

I’m trying to find out the name of a show that I think was either on FOX or UPN.It was on TV roughly in the same time period as Dark Angel, and I believe it …

NCDS Update: Icy Eight Voting Closed
September 12, 2008 · 9 Comments

And now, your Frozen Four match-ups: cookie dough vs. mint chocolate chip and strawberry vs. vanilla.Mildly surprised that neither peanut-butter-based entry survived, especially in the case of strawberry’s victory (which came by the narrowest of …

Angels In America
September 11, 2008 · 95 Comments
Angels In America

The evidence that Don is an angel is compelling, provided you’re inclined to believe it in the first place: his date of “birth” is September 11; he appeared when I needed him, and withdrew (to …

The Vine: September 10, 2008
September 10, 2008 · 46 Comments

Dear Sars,
I have this friend, let’s call her Poodle. We’re both in college (senior year) and have been best friends since our very first day when we were both terrified whimpering freshmen. I love her …

NCDS Icy Eight: Write-Ups
September 8, 2008 · 36 Comments
NCDS Icy Eight: Write-Ups

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Cookie dough vs. chocolate. Chocolate is a strong default, but I think cookie dough scores higher on the “unable to put down the pint until it’s …

Red Dawn
September 7, 2008 · 29 Comments
<I>Red Dawn</I>

Hard to believe I’d never seen it before; my previous sense of it as The Outsiders Go All Mad Anthony Wayne On Soviet Invaders means I should have watched it a dozen times as a …