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The Vine: April 27, 2012
April 27, 2012 – 10:34 AM | 30 Comments
The Vine: April 27, 2012

My younger sister is about to have her first baby. I am thrilled for her and have been very supportive — gave her all my baby gear, lots of advice (mostly when asked for, heh), …

Death Is Not An Option: Hoarders Cleaning Specialist Edition
March 1, 2012 – 10:51 PM | 35 Comments
Death Is Not An Option: <I>Hoarders</I> Cleaning Specialist Edition

Tough call. I love Matt Paxton’s podcast; I love sassy Matt Paxton, period. And Cory Chalmers is maybe still trying to figure out his facial hair (that goatee was catastrophic), plus…a grown man named “Cory.” …

TV Question Qorner: TV Midseason Report Card C-H
October 25, 2011 – 11:20 PM | 17 Comments
TV Question Qorner: TV Midseason Report Card C-H

Fringe. Weird season so far. I went into last season thinking they’d have trouble making the two-universe storyline work, but they totally did. This season, I had no doubt that they’d make it work, and …

Bradelor! DUN!: Principles of Inertia
January 11, 2011 – 9:11 AM | 10 Comments
Bradelor! DUN!: Principles of Inertia

In this week’s episode of Bradelor! DUN!, Miss Alli and I almost accidentally co-watched the second hour on a weird intra-IM time delay, and Alli impressively kept secret from me a final rose ceremony that, …