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Drago Lang 2016, new in the TN store!
August 23, 2014 – 8:27 AM | 3 Comments
Drago Lang 2016, new in the TN store!

This Rocky-based fantasy ticket for the 2016 presidential race currently comes in women’s tees, men’s ringer tees, and a coffee mug!

A Tale of Two Menendezes
November 12, 2012 – 10:45 PM | 12 Comments
A Tale of Two Menendezes

Two TV movies about the Menendez case came out within five weeks of each other in 1994: Honor Thy Father and Mother: The True Story of the Menendez Murders, and Menendez: A Killing in Beverly …

Tomato Nation Read-Along #9: Reality Bites Back
May 1, 2011 – 2:30 PM | 17 Comments
Tomato Nation Read-Along #9: <I>Reality Bites Back</I>

So sorry for the delay in announcing our next book, but we’ll be reading Jennifer L. Pozner’s Reality Bites Back: The Troubling Truth about Guilty Pleasure TV. It’s available in paperback, as well as for …

Your N Candy AA Chocolate Champion
May 6, 2010 – 12:18 PM | 21 Comments
Your N Candy AA Chocolate Champion

The Cups ranneth over Twix with 70% of the vote.
Stay tuned for the classic cocktails bracket (a.k.a. “The NC Make It A Double”), under construction as we speak — and the non-chocolate-candy version after that!