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Brothers and Sisters: “Bad News”
May 3, 2007 – 1:31 AM | No Comment

Say It Ain’t So, Joe
Kitty refrains from telling Steve what I probably would have, that a presidential race is a sweet feather in the old résumé cap but perhaps not the place to look for …

“Kerosene and Spiders,” by TPS
April 30, 2007 – 10:05 AM | 7 Comments

The winner of the “Kerosene and Spiders” mini-contest appears below.
What garnered this entry winning status? The random capitalization and the jump into the story with no lead-up; use of the terms “expiring” and “fairer sex”; …

Brothers and Sisters: “Sexual Politics”
April 25, 2007 – 9:11 PM | No Comment

We had a rerun this week, but it needed recapping, and now it’s done.

Chad says his girlfriend is out of town and he doesn’t “have a curfew,” as if that is the point or anything …

Contest!
April 25, 2007 – 9:21 AM | 7 Comments

(Note: This is not the contest, which I’ve rescheduled for the summertime. This is just a contest.)
The Scientific American entry spawned a few comments that got me thinking — what if I tried to write …

Brothers and Sisters recap
April 20, 2007 – 8:39 AM | 8 Comments

“Kevin accepts that as the truth, although he still wants nothing to do with the blind date on the merits (‘I don’t like your friends’), but it’s obvious from outer space that she’s lying, which …

Daily round-up
April 19, 2007 – 8:21 AM | 8 Comments

Lots of meetings/running around/hucking my laptop hither and yon today, so I may not have time to update properly. Just in case, a few goodies to hold you…
My recaplet of the AI results show (and …

My latest recap
April 12, 2007 – 8:51 AM | 3 Comments

From Brothers & Sisters 118: Three Parties:
“She’s trying to ask you for a date, dicksmack. A little respect for the moment? Oh, I forgot. Your milkshake brings all the girls to the yard. And I …

The Vine: March 1, 2007
March 1, 2007 – 10:45 AM | No Comment

Hey Sars —
Heavy Metal is probably the film
in question. And that’s just how I’d describe it too, except that it was
definitely R-rated. There was a Heavy Metal 2000 based on the same
source but not the …

The Vine: October 18, 2006
October 18, 2006 – 12:58 PM | No Comment

I am the whitest whitey that ever whited, and I usually just mix a sunless tanner made for light complexions with my usual face lotion.That gives me some color without making me look orange, and …

The Vine: July 25, 2006
July 25, 2006 – 1:35 PM | No Comment

I think the biggest thing you can do for an intern is to give them structured, balanced (some good/some negative) feedback. The ability to use both types of information to improve your work performance will …