Thanks to a kind benefactor with a willingness to share his/her HBO Go password, Sister #4 & I spent a majority of this weekend watching the TV version of “Big Little Lies.” I read the…
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TV Shows I Have Devoured in the Recent Past
Up until last week I had a pretty serious “Match Game 78” habit. I would arrange my life in such a way that I was always parked on the couch at 8 p.m. to watch…
Stan & Peggy and Fuck You, You Jaded Cynics
First of all, even though I don’t believe in TV Spoiler Alerts, consider yourself warned. I’mma talk about “Mad Men” and the finale for a bit and if you don’t want things ruined stop reading…
Break-Up Advice for Ryan Adams I am Totally Qualified to Give Because. . .
“Dear Chicago” is my #1 all-time most played song according to Last.fm and of course I have been through my fair share of break-ups and therefore my advice is stellar. First, Ryan, if you would…
The Emotion of Grief Really Stinks
If I had been able to get a tattoo in 1989 at the age of 17 it most definitely would have been the words “Carpe Diem” or if I were feeling super adventurous “Gather ye…
In Which I Will Not Dare: Turning Down Reality TV Offers
For the second time in as many months I’ve been contacted by a Los Angeles production company about taking part in a reality TV show about tall people. Specifically, if the first email I received…
I Got a Creepy Box in the Mail & Dyed My Hair Blue: Unrelated Incidents
I arrived home this afternoon from my babysitting job to find a big, heavy box propped up against the front door of Supergenuis HQ. Since I’m a book blogger I’m used to having unordered packages…
At Supergenius Industries, We Go the Extra Mile for You
I should be upstairs, smelling of the Johnson’s Bedtime baby lotion I slather over my body in attempt not to turn into a pile of dead skin cells held together by Red Hots candy cane…
A Hug & A Merit Badge
Last night as the clock raced toward one a.m. I wanted to pull a Fred Flintstone, propping up my heavy eyelids with a couple of toothpicks. I was so close. A mere forty-thirty-twenty pages from…
Observations on Re-watching the First Season of ‘Family Ties’
A few weeks ago at a gathering of the Black Sheep, Steve told us about how when he and his wife lived in Brooklyn they went on a “Family Ties” bender. They were so obsessed,…