May 2011
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Gov. Christie arrives at son's high school... →
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“Right before the lineup cards were being exchanged on the field, a noise from above distracted the spectators as the 55-foot long helicopter buzzed over trees in left field, circled the outfield and landed in an adjacent football field. Christie disembarked from the helicopter and got into a black car with tinted windows that drove him about a 100 yards to the baseball...
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Watching the credits of Majora's Mask
Brian: So I think we can finally hit the stopwatch on this one. How long did that take you?
Jeff: 11 years.
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Win Win” is rated R (Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian)....
– A.O. Scott (via parentsstronglycautioned)
I used to ridicule people who got worked up about a film (“It’s only...
– Ali Arikan,”A Fountain of Maggots: Rob Marshall’s Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides”
When you think about it, it’s kind of mind-boggling that Avatar: The Last Airbender and Pirates of the Caribbean 4 have inspired some of the best film analysis of the last year or...
I think [The Wire is] the greatest show of all-time. I can’t think of what would...
– Parks and Recreation showrunner Michael Schur
“You ever notice this? Henny Youngman is an old man, but Gary Oldman is a young man.”
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It gets better when you realize that there’s a second Honeymooners reference in there.
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The DC universe, Marvel universe, and the Mitchell Hurwitz-verse all have their own canon.
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Serious business: I am biking 50 miles for... →
On May 21st, I’m going to be participating in “Coast the Coast,” a charity bike ride to benefit the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. I’ll be riding with a team from members of my hometown, The Park Pedalers, and if memory serves, this will be my 12th consecutive year riding in the event. And it is now dawning on me that that is more than half of my life, which just...
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Trying so hard not to break.
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