- Tuesday, January 30, 2007 — 55 Articles Published
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Interview with A.J. Jacobs, Author of The Know-It-All (Part Two)— "Oysters can change sex according to the temperature of the water. I always knew there was something emasculating about warm
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Book Review: You Can't Spell America Without Eric by Eric Payson— Photographs of a slightly worn-down, slightly sweaty America, neither happy nor unhappy.
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Box Office Update 1/26-1/28: Epic Movie Gets Medieval on Your Collective Butt— From one of the writers of last week's box office column...
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Overlooked Alternatives: Iron Maiden, Pain Of Salvation, "Me"— The day my lost masterpiece is finally released again.
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News Analysis From Israel – The Evil Will Come From the North IV: Is There A D9 In My Future?— More appropriate to the present situation are words inscribed on a parchment which ring out with a clarity of a
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Latest Terrorist Bombing In Israel Gives Insight Into Fatah— What this means, of course, is that the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade (and Fatah) plan on keeping up this type of
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Jumping The Gun Seller— Over 3,000 dead and nothing to show for it, their lives sacrificed on the Altar of Mammon.
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Canadian Politics: Recess Is Over— Stephen and the boys don't play well with others and have problems with sharing.
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Facts About the "Surge" In US Troops for Iraq— No troops are being sent to Iraq that were not already scheduled to go there.
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TV Review: Veronica Mars - "Show Me the Monkey"— It looks like someone nabbed Veronica's "perfect murder" report to get away with killing Dean O'Dell.
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Theater Review: Daughter of a Cuban Revolutionary— Writer-performer Marissa Chibas evokes her extraordinary past.
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Recalling Robert Frost— The attention given the death of the celebrity poet evidences the huge cultural changes of the past 40 years.
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Rejecting Man's Mind— Answers in Genesis exemplifies the anti-intellectualism of fundamentalism.
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Speed Dating: One Man's Quest for Love— Looking for true love is hard work. Can speed dating streamline the process?
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Restaurant Review: Joe's Crab Shack - Sacramento, California— For good food and good fun, Joe's is the right place to get crabs.
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Xbox 360 Review: Dead Rising— Dead Rising offers many fun and inventive ways to kill zombies - but keep in mind the game's frustrating save
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Movie Review: Pan's Labyrinth and Idiocracy - Obedience is Overrated— Who knew a Spanish-language art-house flick and an intentionally ugly comedy from Mike Judge could have so much in common?
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Nintendo DS Review: Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney - Justice for All— The most fun you'll have being a lawyer without all that paperwork.
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Catch a Fire, Flyboys, Facing the Giants: Region 1 DVD Releases for January 30, 2007— This week, Christian is the new indie.
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Book Review: A Trout in the Sea of Cortez by John Salter— It might not be categorized as a murder mystery, but it is an interesting if somewhat over-long work of fiction.
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Music Review: A Date with John Waters— Just in time for Valentines’ Day, John Waters serves up the musically romantic goods.
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Movie Review: This Film Is Not Yet Rated— An exposé into the MPAA and its rating board comes to DVD.
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Movie Review: Because I Said So— The film will have a wide appeal for women, but it's great entertainment for the guys, too.
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Music Review: Various Artists - The Best of Taste of Chaos Two— A varied and enjoyable compilation from Taste of Chaos 2006.
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Movie Review: Apocalypto— When making a film about a pre-Colombian civilization so far neglected by most mainstream art forms, is action the best
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Magazine Review: mental_floss— A study has been done: mental_floss is not thick enough.
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Q: Will Smoking Bananas Get You High?— mental_floss question of the day.
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Reality TV Casting Call: So You Think You Can Dance?— ...
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Music Review: Blue Öyster Cult - Spectres— From Packed arenas to playing State Fair's BOC is still panhandling for fan's money.
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Music Review: The Soft Machine - Middle Earth Masters— The guys from Canterbury out-Syds Syd Barrett.
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Movie Review: Rude Boy— A fantastic concert film periodically interrupted/ruined by neorealist drudgery.
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Movie Review: Smokin' Aces— "I'm going down." "I bet you are."
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DVD Pick of the Week: Catch a Fire
— In the words of Bob Marley...
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The Economist Tinkers With Blogs to Expand Free Online Offerings— Traditional media continues its flirtation with blog-like offerings.
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Book Review: Sugar Shock by Connie Bennett— Is a Klondike bar more dangerous to your health than smoking crack rock?
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Lebron's Sore Toe Could be the Best Thing for the Cavaliers— The Cavs need Lebron, but a few games without him could pay dividends.
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College Football Recruiting Phrases— The truth behind college football recruiting phrases
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Sean Salisbury: Idiot or anti-Semite?— Does Salisbury deserve to be called an anti-Semite?
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The Not-Quite-Sunday Funnies— This Week: Pet Tricks, Playing Hard to Get, and Flea TV
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A Horse Is A Horse: The Strange Prominence of Barbaro's Death— Barbaro being euthanized is sad for a lot of people. But why did it lead off the news?
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Comics Review: DC Comics' 52, Week 28— 52, a weekly DC Comics series. This week starring Renee Montoya, The Question, Batwoman the heroes lost in space and
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Book Review: Caribbean Calling by J. D. Gordon— An ambitious effort that fails to deliver on its promise.
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MeeVee Primetime Picks: Tuesday, Jan. 30— ...
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Book Review: Testimony by Nicolas Sarkozy— A fascinating insight into the mind of the man who wishes to run France.
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TV Review: 24 Hour Six - Monkeyshines— Security was "porous." Porous? These euphemisms keep getting better and better.
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Big Ask For Super 14 Opener as Waratahs Trek to High Veldt and Lions' Den— Super 14 rugby begins this weekend, and expect the intensity to ratchet up a notch with Springboks, Wallabies and All
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Book Review: How You Leave Them Feeling by Jesse Ferrell— How you treat your spouse, kids, boss, students, co-workers, or the next telemarketer, panhandler, supermarket clerk, could change your
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Roger Federer is Great for Tennis - and Sports— Federer is beyond dominance right now.
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TV Review: S6:6 of 24 - Skeletons in the Closet— We have the Shakespearean moment we have been waiting for all throughout the episode: Jack encounters his father.
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HD-DVD Review: Serenity— They might as well have called it "The Little Movie that Could."
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Movie Review: The Pursuit of Happyness— The Pursuit of Happyness stands as an extended argument underscoring the truth of conservative values.
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Oscar’s Worst Nightmare— Whoever wins, The Academy loses.
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Movie Review: Catch and Release— Ah, what a tangled web we weave... or rather Susannah Grant weaves.
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Movie Review: Double Team— Unless you enjoy absurd action, Double Team is just another foul ball.
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Barbaro’s Final Campaign— "Grief is the price we all pay for love."
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