Favorite weird tv show: Portlandia Favorite weird tv show I only heard about this year: Look Around You Favorite Pulitzer Prize-winning book that I read this year: A Visit From the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan Favorite book I only heard about this year: On Love by Alain de Botton Favorite music site that...
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A List of 2011 Favorites
Labor Day Means Workin’ the Television
Ah, good ol’ Labor Day. While Obama’s out in the Motor City praising the unions and the middle class… While the American workers at Ford contemplate whether to go on strike (turns out, they should’ve taken the bailout money, news reports say)… And while Michele Bachmann terrifies us with gloom and doom of a...
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The Mustache Diaries: Day 36
Study your face, know it. And don't worry about being all you can be. Just be who you already are.
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Fall 2010: TV Guide – His/Her Edition
Rather than fight over the tv, my significant other bought a second TiVo. Here's what we're planning to watch this season.
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The Divine Snooki
People have called her a troll. They've compared her physique to that of a bowling ball. Me? I think she's kind of pretty, in a flabbergasting, getting arrested for being annoying, slipper-posing-as-sneaker kind of way.
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Rescuing “Rescue Me”
In seasons 3 and 4, the show devolved to a softcore porn starring Denis Leary. Every episode another gorgeous woman was inexplicably fighting for the attention of drunken, already married, Tommy Gavin. Everything Tommy did was an act of selfish gratification, only mitigated by the occasional bout of self loathing.
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The Grey Lady Talks Trash
Reality TV is nothing like looking in from the outside of high society—even the depths of high society.
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Adventures in Channel Surfing
"Yeah, you put a little Jagermeister in and you get a little bit of nice Jagermeister out."
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Trash Diet: Week One
"Jersey" is a state of mind. It involves screaming, hot tempers, frequent use of terms like "sleep with one eye open" or "watch your back," overuse of the word "like" and/or a generally limited vocabulary.
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This Week’s Recommended Reading
Freelance Writing (insider's guide)/Central Midfield Role/Snooki/Influence & Plagiarism
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