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Movie Monday: Warm Bodies
With much of America preoccupied with the Super Bowl this weekend, movie theaters across the country were pretty dead. Fitting, then, that a zombie flick
Let’s Gather ‘Round The Super Bowl Tree, Children …
A Tennessee man has filed a White House petition, asking the United States government to declare the day after the Super Bowl a national holiday.
Bringing Out Your Hidden Hyde
In the dingier recesses of our minds, there are parts of us that we probably wouldn’t want everyone around us to see. You know, those
They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?
Last Wednesday, a 93-year-old Kansas City man was arrested for murdering his 95-year-old wife. According to the account I read (CBS St. Louis/AP), Harry Irwin
A ‘Plugged In’ Contagion Alert!?
Why in the world would Plugged In post a warning about this year’s flu outbreak? What’s a virus got to do with entertainment? Well, we’re not
Movie Monday: Hansel & Gretel
A fairy-tale weekend, it wasn’t. Granted, Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters claimed the weekend’s box office tourney, grimly collecting an estimated $19 million en route
The Essence of Immorality’
Sometimes quietly profound insights in life occur in the most mundane moments imaginable. Like, say, in your kitchen. While making toast for breakfast on a
Curses! Foiled Again!
On Jan. 22, ABC unceremoniously booted its comedy Don’t Trust the B‑‑‑‑ in Apt 23 after two suitably abbreviated seasons. The network has no immediate plans
The Book Is Dead, Long Live the Book
On my nightstand at home I have a yard-thick Autobiography of Mark Twain, a light-reading young adult novel, a bound collection of mystery yarns and
What You Read Last Year
Januarys are busier than most months for me. On top of editing and publishing, I’m also doing a whole lot of calculating and tabulating. Now,
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