You’re, like, the coolest movie I’ve ever seen

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Roger Ebert ranked Juno as the best film of 2007, beating out No Country for Old Men on the strength of the former's emotional evocation. I am happy to say that I agree.
In other news, and briefly, I am in Massachusetts, having arrived yesterday morning. The thick layers of snow are melting away in today's [...]


Beer Croquet Players are Delicious

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28 Little Adorable Death-Dealing Ragamuffins

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According to this survey, I could defeat 28 five year olds in a no-holds barred fight to the finish. I assumed no mercy on my part, that this was a horror movie live-or-die situation. How would you fare?


Films of 2007 and Brief Thoughts on Juno

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Much as I presented the NY Times list of top books from 2007, here is the Onion AV Club's Year in Film 2007. I am only somewhat sad to say that I have seen one film of their top ten: No Country for Old Men. Of those remaining, the films most appealing to me are [...]


Sorry, Wally the Wart

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Harvey Mudd was ranked as one of the 20 Ugliest College Campuses in the United States. As soon as I opened the article, I was hoping to find Harvey Mudd there. I was not expecting to find Pitzer College (another Claremont offering) on the list as well.  The 20 Most Beautiful Colleges included Scripps College [...]


Giant Rabbits + Communist Dictatorship = Crazy Delicious

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I have had this post waiting in the wings for some time now. I keep trotting out this fantastical story to friends---it even came out at Thanksgiving. I figure the time is right to support my wild leporid tale with hard facts.
I first read of Karl Szmolinsky in an interview in Viceland. This champion breeder [...]


So Bad, It’s So Good

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I first give you an offering by the way of Matt Kassoff. Do you remember Crazy Frog?

Glorious. That taller kid is all elbows. His brother probably wears glasses to protect his eyes from pokings. What's next?