Archive for May, 2010

2 Sentence Review: Sazz Vintage in Old City, Philadelphia

May 6, 2010
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2 Sentence Review: Sazz Vintage in Old City, Philadelphia

Sazz Vintage in Old City, Philadelphia is by far the best spot for vintage apparel and accessories. The owner and assistants are the nicest and they will invite you to their warehouse sales in Port Richmond where you can jump into piles of vintage like the leaves your dad would rake on a fall...
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The Red Carpet of the 2010 UK General Election

May 5, 2010
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The Red Carpet of the 2010 UK General Election

If the 2010 UK General Election happened like any other general election, this year’s Conservatives and the Labour Party would have argued about who will cut the deepest, with ol’ eyebrows Darling (Alistair) saying ‘I’ll cut deeper than Maggy Thatcher’. The votes on May 6th would have determined the winner.  Then, life would have...
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2 Sentence Review: The Vampire Diaries on the CW

May 5, 2010
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2 Sentence Review: The Vampire Diaries on the CW

Teen dramas (read: The OC or Dawson’s Creek) plus town overcome by vampires (read: True Blood) equals a winning formula for guilty pleasures (see: Twilight series). Whether it’s the sibling rivalry between Salvatore brothers Damon (a/k/a Boone from Lost played by Ian Somerhalder) or Stefan (a/k/a Jack Bauer’s son-in-law played by Paul Wesley), Elena/Katherine, Elena’s witch...
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Thr33s: 3 Reasons to Watch the In-Betweeners on the BBC

May 4, 2010
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Thr33s: 3 Reasons to Watch the In-Betweeners on the BBC

1.  Simon Cooper. Yes, it may be illegal to have a crush on someone who still attends comprehensive school but actor Joe Thomas’s 1983 birthdate makes it totally legit. 2.  Impress your friends. When the American version debuts, you can tell your friends in passing, “Oh, I loved the British version.” If the show...
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2 Sentence Review: The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

May 4, 2010
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2 Sentence Review: The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

As retribution for their failed uprising against the Capitol, the twelve outlying districts of Panem must send two children to the Hunger Games, an Olympic-like spectacle and horrific form of mandatory entertainment. I dare you to stop reading after the 24 children enter into the large arena knowing they are under constant surveillance and...
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[Cut] None of Our Business

May 4, 2010
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Loud talking so that everybody knows your story?  Cut. This one’s usually on a train or a plane, or somewhere where you are stuck with these assholes who grab their voice like a rubber ball, and hurl it about the cabin, allowing to bounce violently off every available surface, spilling people’s drinks, hitting them...
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On Spring Break in Whistler at the age of 30 with my Parents, or, What is Happening to Me? Day 6

May 1, 2010
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On Spring Break in Whistler at the age of 30 with my Parents, or, What is Happening to Me? Day 6

I am now at a precipice. This isn’t a metaphor for anything. I’m literally at a precipice. Below me is a double-black diamond run. It’s called Spanky’s Ladder. I had to hike uphill about 120 feet to get here. That may not seem like much, but at an altitude of 9,000 feet there is...
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2 Sentence Review: I want to go to the zoo with Roy Halladay

May 1, 2010
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2 Sentence Review: I want to go to the zoo with Roy Halladay

The blog’s entire purpose is right there in the title.  And the admin, Zoo With Roy, doesn’t care how many MS Paint art pieces, penguins, lion cubs, and images of baseball’s best pitcher it takes to convince you that his dream will one day come to what will most likely be a hilariously awkward...
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