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Dear Sars:
My younger sister (she is 25) and her fiancé are to be married this fall. It will be a brief, non-denominational ceremony followed by dinner and dancing, held in a fancy restaurant. My sister …
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, …
Sorry for the sporadic updates of late; between Bean’s wedding, the cold I came down with the very minute she was safely married, AIDS Walk fun times (awesome job, Angela and Team Supersnack!), bleaching my …
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).
Dear Sars,
I have read your blog for a long time, and I’ve searched the archives and I haven’t seen your estimation of the Best Baseball Movie Ever. Who better than you to make the call?
“I said GET OFF MY LAWN!”
So, apparently the fact that Joba Chamberlain did a little buggin’ after striking out David Dellucci is a big old hairy deal now, to the point where Goose Gossage feels …
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 …
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; …