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Monthly Archives: November 2010
Review: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Part 1)
In case last week’s posts didn’t tip you off, I’m a Harry Potter dork… I know the difference between Stupefy and Petrificus Totalus, I know about minor Quidditch rules like cobbing, and I know the plot points of the seventh … Continue reading
Review: Thanksgiving
Now this is my kind of holiday. I’m a sucker for feasts, for cornucopias and piles of dishes, for being uncomfortably full. What’s more, all this gluttony has a purpose: Thanksgiving is the holiday that most honors food. Forget the … Continue reading
Posted in A, Miscellaneous
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Review: The Big Lebowski
There are certain things that I’m embarrassed not to like, like Modest Mouse and miso soup and Andy Warhol and opera and stuff that is generally embraced by people with good taste. For years, the Coen brothers’ The Big Lebowski … Continue reading
Posted in B, Movies
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Review: Pride and Prejudice (The Movie)
The Pride and Prejudice I saw was the 2005 version, the one starring Keira Knightley. Knightley, for those of you who have only seen her pouting in Pirates of the Caribbean, can actually act, and it is her performance more … Continue reading
Review: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Book)
When the final Harry Potter book came out, I was in Peru. On the streets of Huaraz, I bought a copy of Libro 7: Harry Potter y la Sombra de la Serpiente (“HP and the Shadow of the Snake”), a … Continue reading
Posted in B, Literature
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Review: The First 5 Songs to Appear on my iTunes Shuffle
When my friend Tanner let me make my first ever MIX CD using Kazaa, I thought it was just about the greatest thing in the world. I prepared what was, in my mind, the ultimate party mix, and indeed, it … Continue reading
List: The Harry Potter Books (Best to Worst)
On Friday, the beginning of the end arrives in the Potterverse: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Part I) hits the theatres. The saga that I started in middle school is hitting its penultimate peak, and I figured it would … Continue reading
Posted in List, Literature
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Review: Flax Plus Pumpkin Raisin Crunch
Flax Plus Pumpkin Raisin Crunch (hereafter referred to as FlaPPR-C) is for people who are of an age where they care more about nutrition than cartoon mascots or prizes inside. Just look at the design.
Posted in B, Food
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Review: KFC’s Doublicious Sandwich
KFC learned a valuable lesson from the media frenzy that surrounded the Double Down, their greasy, double-pattied, bunless concoction. They learned that a significant portion of the United States likes their fast food like they like their comic villains: purely … Continue reading
Review: Uninvisible Man
Uninvisible Man is a short film, the brainstem-child of an ameteur filmmaker who goes by the moniker “nalts.” In it, the unnamed protagonist (who the viewer can read as a stand-in for “nalts” himself) is tricked into thinking he has … Continue reading
Posted in F, Television
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