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Lost in Starvation: Ruuude Chicken
I was a foreigner to these parts again, and for a guy trying to cook something from a book with a cartoon cat on the cover, that was a bad sign.
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2 Sentence Review: Lifetime’s Website mylifetime.com
If you’re like me and missed How I Met Your Mother the first time around, Lifetime’s website presents you with the chance to catch-up on old seasons (now on Season 4). In addition, in case you missed the premiere, Season 8 of Project Runway started last week – (OMFG, Casanova?!) – and you can watch...
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College Football is Not a Religion. Still, It Interests Me. (Part 1)
The only two sports scenarios that might cause me to become completely irrational is the play of the All Blacks and the Boston Celtics. So, now that I have made the case that I am somewhat/completely unsuitable to be a sports writer, let me reiterate that I am. A sportswriter and an unsuitable sportswriter.
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Why I Eat TV
Judging by ratings, lots of people think they like it, but a taste for trash is an acquired one. Once you realize it's garbage, it doesn't go down easy.
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Matt Erickson’s Top 100 Songs 65 – 61
Matt Erickson is counting down his top 100 songs. These are his picks 65 through 61.
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I Touch Their Poo: Morning Person
I'm telling you: Frozen waffles are so much better when you eat them at the same time of day as the people on the box.
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Cover // Original Verdict: Goodbye Girl
Like how the Garden State soundtrack reminded people about the Shins and Nick Drake, Levi's Pioneer Sessions will introduce a whole new generation of people to rock, soul, rap, and pop songs that may have otherwise gone unnoticed.
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Lost in Starvation: Blackened T-Bone with Root Beer BBQ Sauce
"I know the bottles under the sink are brightly colored, honey, but don't drink them."
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2 Sentence Review: Diary of a Teenage Girl (An Account in Words and Pictures)
Having recently discovered this multi-media gem from 2004 at one of my favorite thrift stores for a mere $2, I’m pleased to find Phoebe Gloeckner’s graphic novel/journal-entry style documenting the pubescent sex-capades of her fifteen-year-old character Minnie Goetze and her subsequent loves, losses and intense loneliness so all-consuming that I read Diary of a Teenage...
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