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Posted May 30, 2012
Ask my girlfriend and she?ll tell you I?m anything but a chef. I have a hard time frying bacon in the morning without scorching the pan and smoking up the entire kitchen. Despite my lack of culinary skills, however, I still try my damndest to eat meals at home as often as possible. Not only
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Posted May 29, 2012
Given how successful the Avengers movie has been, and how successful the Spiderman and X-Men movies were (even if each franchise’s third installment was dumb), it’s never been more socially lucrative to be a comic book fan. Granted, comic book fandom is still nerdy and sad beyond a certain threshold of enthusiasm, but the medium
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Posted May 29, 2012
I?ve been listing movies for fantastic actresses (both in their looks and in most cases their acting skills) for quite a while now. This will be my 71st essay and since non-round numbers don?t have special precious elements for their celebrations, I had to figure out a different way to celebrate the lovely Maggie Gyllenhaal.
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Posted May 24, 2012
When I started to brainstorm about things having to do with Houston, Texas, the first two things that came to mind involved things that only exist as shadows of their former selves, the Astrodome and Enron. It?s fitting that those two things entered my mind as they were both supposed to be visions of the
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Posted May 24, 2012
Freshman Fifteen Can Fuck Off! The United States is a disgustingly overweight country. Let?s not pretend otherwise. Many people develop habits at a young age that later lead to morbid obesity and non-existent self-confidence. The college years tend to be a period when such habits develop. With classes, part-time jobs, binge drinking, and relationships, it
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Posted May 24, 2012
I’m going to go ahead and guess that most people reading this have never heard the name Joe Dudley. Those of you who have probably remember him as the guy who made the uncomfortable nudist colony joke in Chris Rock’s 2009 documentary Good Hair. But Joe Dudley is an entrepreneur cut from the classic mold
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Posted May 23, 2012
Whether you?re a professional boxer or a professional layabout, pain is a part of life. Chances are, however, that you?re more likely to cry over a titty twister if you sit around on your ass all day than if you?re physically active. According to new research, physically active people have a higher tolerance for pain
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Posted May 23, 2012
Computer software can be frustratingly expensive.? You can occasionally qualify for a “student discount” or find yourself in some other discount-earning demographic (or convince someone who qualifies for the special price to purchase the program for you).? But these discounts are not usually that significant and you’ll still end up paying more than you want
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Posted May 22, 2012
Ever seen a silent movie? Yeah, don’t worry, most people haven’t. Even though The Artist won Best Picture and all that critical acclaim and blah blah blah, silent movies are a boutique entertainment for hipsters and film majors, and occasionally their yuppie older siblings. Otherwise, they’re just bricks in the sidewalk of film history. Which
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Posted May 22, 2012
As the summer movie season now starts well before Memorial Day, the summer movie previews that come out have to get done earlier and earlier. Those typed previews remind me of the previews I saw months ago before films released in November and December and that I had forgotten about as those previews have been
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Posted May 17, 2012
Modern-day Hollywood might be a hellscape of nepotism and failing upward, but old-school Hollywood was built by a lot of young, hungry go-getters with something to prove to themselves, their families, or both. Hal Roach, founder of Hal Roach Studios, was one of those guys, and he became a major player in film and television
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