Month: January 2014
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crumbs
I don’t know if you’ve ever noticed this, but you have to keep your head upright while you’re chewing or food. If you duck your head, or bend over to take the dishes out of the wash machine, bits of food will come out your nose. Or is that just me? Read.
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PS3
We tried to watch the first episode of this season’s Downton Abbey last night using Amazon streaming video through a PS3. If that didn’t make any sense at all, here’s how that breaks down: First of all, yes, we’re fans of Downton Abbey. Roll your eyes all you want. We like it. Tim left us… Read.
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setting up shop
What I did with my Sunday: Well, first I made a big, steaming pot o’ joe, same as I always do. Always. The day doesn’t start without a pot o’ joe. I don’t know if you’ve noticed that. If you have, and you’ve been wondering why your day didn’t start as early as every other… Read.
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breaking bad
On the other hand, My Darling B and I binge-watched the last season of Breaking Bad this weekend, watching five episodes Friday night and finishing the rest on Saturday afternoon, and it was hugely satisfying. I can’t remember a more satisfying conclusion to a television series I’ve watched from the beginning. Not that there have… Read.
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Side Effects
Side Effects was an oddly unsatisfying movie. Oddly, because it should have been, and I can’t pin down what exactly didn’t work for me. The plot seems sound. The acting was good. The movie looked great. But in the end it was just meh. Odd. OBLIGATORY SPOILER ALERT: I’m going to give away everything. I… Read.
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red handle
Every time Chris Christie is in the news, for some reason, every humor run about him has to include a bunch of mentions of the fact that he’s a fat guy. They’re rarely inventive in the least — they’re basically just mentions of the fact that he must eat doughnuts or pie or things that… Read.
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a real live actual camaro
Get it right, people! This is a real, live, genuine Camaro: The hideous plastic abomination people are calling a Camaro? I have no idea what that is. But calling it a Camaro is like replacing all the gin in a martini with vodka and still calling it a martini. (Oh just don’t get me started!) Read.
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resolutions
I’m not a New Year’s resolution-making kind of guy. I’ve made New Year’s resolutions before but if I ever kept one, I don’t remember it now and I think I’d remember that, so it’s safe to say I’ve never managed to keep one. From there it’s not a leap to figure out that I’ll probably… Read.
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cardboard
The coffee that comes with the complimentary breakfast at hotels always tastes like boiled cardboard, even when it’s not served in a paper cup. It must have taken years of devoted study to learn how to do that. Read.
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obligatory cold weather reference
How bout this cold weather, hey? Car start all right this morning then? Whoo, I might need a jump! Kay, I got to go, keep warm! Read.
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