No, me asking you to remove your shoes indoors is not an "Asian thing," it's an "I don't want to have to clean the floor every week" thing. Degrassi: The Next Generation season five finale: Stop the presses! Paige had sex with Spinner! The writers…
Date Archives March 2006
Directions to California
Wrapping up week one… free throw lines CBS listed Randolph Morris' major as "secondary education." So he's majoring in high school? "Carl Krauser" sounds like a name the writers of 24 would use for a villain. Victor Drazen, Vladimir Bierko, Carl Krauser. Whenever I see…
With tired eyes, tired minds, tired souls, we slept
As Snakes on a Plane footage circulates the Internet, let us not forget the adult-themed parody of March of the Penguins written and directed by Bob Saget. free throw lines JJ Sullinger: White tights? Jonathan Modica's hometown is Smackover, AR. Heard during the West Virginia…
My heart has slowly dried up
A hiring freeze. Way to let me know at the END of the interview, Tribune Company. The recruitment lady expects the freeze to ease in quarter two of this year. Still… Hit Songs of the 1970s and '80s If the South Had Won the Civil…
Encounter with Haile Selassie's grandson in a Mississauga Tim Hortons
Have you heard the new tourism slogan for Washington state? It's "Say WA." [source] The state spent 18 months developing that? Give me an hour and I can probably conceive slogans for all 50 states. "Say TN" "See MN" "Rape ME" "We are the knights…
Proud of myself and the loner I've become
I scored a job interview with the Chicago Tribune…on the first day of March Madness. I'm desperate for a job, but I've also been pissing myself with anticipation over the tournament. Dammit. Kanye West Compares Arctic Monkeys To Genesis Ever wonder what happens to aborted…
Saying Sorry
After hours at The Dot: The former born-again Christian kisses the former lesbian in the heat of the moment. Knowing the writers, Spinner will probably mend fences with Darcy in the next episode. Meh. Of the twelve Degrassi minis produced for the-n.com, four are "what…
Only the good die young
24: Chk chk chk. This has not been a good week thus far for television characters named Tony. Soprano may not be dead, but Almeida definitely is. Let the silent clock controversy flare.
Wake me up when March ends
"The Bruins are a good team but the Bruins are much better." This is all so very overwhelming. A number two seed? For real? Not only were they a number two seed, they were the fifth overall team based on the order of selection, behind…
Heartbeat
Test… free throw line The name of West Virginia center Kevin Pittsnogle's son looks downright bizarre in print: Kwynsie Pittsnogle. Expect more "free throw lines" over the next fortnight.