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Operation Find Don
September 10, 2009 – 2:57 PM | 156 Comments

I realized after a couple archive searches that this never made it over from the old site. Not sure how much good it will do now — my feeling at this point is that, if …

Support Local Biz: August 31, 2009
August 31, 2009 – 10:16 AM | One Comment

“Summer of ’84: The Evolution of the Modern Blockbuster, Part 1” is above.Written by Matt Zoller Seitz and Aaron Aradillas and narrated by one Dave Bunting Jr., it’s the first of a five-part series, all …

Happy birthday, Mr. S
August 30, 2009 – 9:23 PM | 10 Comments
Happy birthday, Mr. S

Supporting the Pepperidge Farm flight of the N Cookie AA since at least 1980.   Have a good one, bro.

Support Local Biz: August 24, 2009
August 24, 2009 – 11:23 AM | 3 Comments

My great good friend Hud is Director of Development at an organization called Freedom Calls; the foundation’s mission is to deploy the latest technology to keep servicemen and -women in Iraq in touch with their …

N Cookie AA: Preliminary Housekeeping
August 20, 2009 – 9:06 AM | 13 Comments
N Cookie AA: Preliminary Housekeeping

Greetings, snacklings! Please give Wing Chun a round of applause (or clink your spoons on your bowls) for her excellent co-captaincy of the N Cereal AA.
It’s already time to do it again.   The N …

It’s just a bill…
August 11, 2009 – 3:29 PM | 14 Comments

My piece for Monkey See on The Art of Making Money: The Story of a Master Counterfeiter, and the frustrations of being a currency nerd.   The short version: it’s a good book; I spend …

’80s Rewatch: You Make The Call
August 9, 2009 – 11:07 PM | 132 Comments
’80s Rewatch: You Make The Call

In the spirit of recent rewatches elsewhere around the interwebs — Wing’s 90210 coverage at Sling; Sepinwall’s of Band of Brothers, Sports Night, and others — I’ve decided to do my own.   The TN …

“Yes, he says ‘moi‘”
August 1, 2009 – 8:20 PM | 17 Comments

Miss Alli addresses James Spader’s underthought character in Wall Street, and much much more.   It’s a great piece, and the various bigger-than-a-breadbox-sized objects she uses to describe Gekko’s cell phone crack me up, but …

Breakfast; Wimbledon
July 2, 2009 – 5:41 PM | 2 Comments

The current rounds of the N Cereal AA will close tomorrow; we’ll return with the Sweet 16 on Monday.   While you wait, enjoy the Wimbledon Drinking Game I helped Joe R to craft, or …

3-2-1 Launch: Monday 29 June! Freeee!
June 29, 2009 – 8:45 AM | No Comment
3-2-1 Launch: Monday 29 June!  Freeee!

Come on down to the Bell House on June 29 at 7 PM for a FREE Night Of Rock, to celebrate the launch of two new Brooklyn-based businesses — King Killer Studios and xtrapulp — …