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Girls 103: Is this about the scarf?
April 30, 2012 – 12:10 AM | One Comment
<I>Girls</I> 103: Is this about the scarf?

From my GirlsĀ recap of “All Adventurous Women Do” over at Press Play:
He walks off to enjoy being That Guy and wearing his blazer collar turned up. Marnie rushes inside, locks herself in a bathroom, and …

The Sports Gack
June 7, 2011 – 7:20 PM | 34 Comments
The Sports Gack

Times scribe Jonathan Mahler freezes my distaste for Bill Simmons in carbonite — SEE WHAT I DID THERE?! — in just three grafs

Bradelor! DUN!: Everyone Else Is Dead
February 22, 2011 – 4:18 PM | 6 Comments
Bradelor! DUN!: Everyone Else Is Dead

I spent the bulk of the episode buoyed by one fact and one fact alone — the next episode is the last! YAAAAAY! — and then I realized OH NO we haven’t had key-party awkward …

Bradelor! DUN!: A Not New Enough Beginning
January 4, 2011 – 9:21 PM | 28 Comments
Bradelor! DUN!: A Not New Enough Beginning

To date, I’ve only seen one season of The Bachelor — the one I recapped for TWoP, which happened to feature Brad Womack and his “horrible” “rejection” of two women he barely knew and did …

TV Question Qorner: Midseason TV Report Card
October 26, 2010 – 2:23 PM | 43 Comments
TV Question Qorner: Midseason TV Report Card

What I’m watching — or no longer watching — and why.
NEW SHOWS
Boardwalk Empire. I have to catch up on recent episodes, but so far, A-minus — the minus is for the pacing, which is very …

TV Question Qorner: James and the Giant Beeyatches, with special guest Miss Alli
March 15, 2010 – 7:41 PM | 34 Comments
TV Question Qorner: <I>James and the Giant Beeyatches</I>, with special guest Miss Alli

Sarah: So you’re not really watching Survivor this season?
Alli: I have seen some of it. But you have to understand how deep my dislike of Russell and Rupert really goes.
Sarah: …RUPERT.
Alli: I just…why would I …