- Tuesday, February 20, 2007 — 33 Articles Published
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PC Game Review: Alien Shooter - Vengeance— There's nothing like shooting 2,400 aliens in a single mission.
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Is Shyness Keeping You From the Girl of Your Dreams?— When you really want her to like you, that wanting translates into fear - fear of rejection, failure, and being
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Book Review: Lucky at Cards by Lawrence Block— Hard Case Crime resurrects a Lawrence Block noir paperback gem from 1964.
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Movie Review: Music and Lyrics— Hugh Grant and Drew Barrymore are their likable selves in this rom-com of musical proportions.
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An Interview with Allen Ashley, Author of Urban Fantastic— "Maintaining a story’s internal logic is hugely important to me." — Allen Ashley.
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The Subtle Art of Movie Snack Selection— Popcorn, candy, or something else?
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Apple, Microsoft, and Mozilla - The BugBlog Report 2/19/07— iChat, MSWord, and browser issues...
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Book Review: The Shakespeare Code by Virginia Fellows— The author weaves an interesting and in many ways sad tale about the life and times of... the sham that
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Box Office Update 2/16-2/18: Ghost Rider Rides to the Top— Ghost Rider burns Bridge to Terabithia.
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Q: Was Body Builder Charles Atlas A Real Person?— Mental_Floss question of the day.
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Music Review: Smoke Or Fire - This Sinking Ship— This Sinking Ship is punk on Ritalin: controlled, well behaved, and nearly comatose.
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Book Review: People Around Us - Edited by Holly Lachowicz and Barbara Seyda— People Around Us is the dark underbelly of Barbara Ehrenreich’s Nickeled and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America.
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Really Really Good: The All Star Block Party— News on NAACP Theater Awards, joinred.com, and Joe Rogan Vs Carlos Mencia and new music from MIMS and Stephen Marley.
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Book Review: LL Cool J’s Platinum Workout by LL Cool J , Dave Honig, and Jeff O'Connell— LL Cool J rocks the fitness industry with this unique and true-to-life “bling your body into shape” exercise book.
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Interview: Jacob Edgar on the Putumayo Presents Series— "Lyrically, reggae has become known for its socially conscious and spiritual lyrics."
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Music Review: Boxcar Satan and the Graves Brothers Deluxe - Black Water Rising— Bands join forces to benefit Hurricane Katrina victims.
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Music Review: The Golden Gate Orchestra - Crazy Words, Crazy Tune— Bands like The Golden Gate Orchestra cemented the popular song as a legitimate form of music.
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Music Review: Various Artists - Ricky Jay Plays Poker : Deluxe Edition— Ricky Jay presents an outstanding set of poker tunes.
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Music Review: Love Kills Theory - Happy Suicide Jim— At times, the music happily teeters into uncharted territory, much like a tipsy gazelle prancing in a field of lions.
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Q: Why Are They Called "Bulldogs"?— mental_floss question of the day.
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Yankee Doodle's World Turned Upside Down— Has the U.S. become a dictatorship?
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Road To the Roses 2007: Meet Nobiz Like Shobiz— It's what you get when you take Funny Cide's trainer and develop the genes of Go For Gin.
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Chargers' Waiting Game Backfires - Here Comes Norv— Systems Norval... or are they? Are the Chargers trying to lose?
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Another Open Letter to Bush— He never reads these open letters, but I keep writing them.
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Movie Review: Babel— Forget just babel, it's incomprehensible.
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Book Review: Birds of America by Lorrie Moore— Moore writes stories that lay you flat as you move from absurdity to tragedy to the quotidian with diamond-edged wit.
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Book Review: 24 Days: How Two Wall Street Journal Reporters Uncovered the Lies That Destroyed Faith in Corporate America by Rebecca Smith and John R. Emshwiller— Told from the point of view of journalists uncovering a story, revealing each new discovery chronologically as the reporters were
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B-Movie of the Week: Ticks— Yet another reason why insects shouldn't use drugs.
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Music Review: Green River Ordinance - The Beauty Of Letting Go— Every once in a while you come across a band so talented that you stand back, shake your head, and
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DVD Pick of the Week: The Prestige— Oscar makes an early appearance.
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The Jam to Reunite and The Daily Music and Tech News— Most of the Jam to reunite, The Police Sell out and Warner and Emi talk takeover in today's update.
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Dave's Oscar Preview - Part Three: Again With the Penguins— Dancing penguins face off against their mortal enemies, talking cars.
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The Death of Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip— Network television programming executives must loathe smart, engaged viewers like me.
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