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Friday, July 30, 2010

Review: Dinner for Schmucks

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In Dinner for Schmucks, wealthy Wall Street types invite stooges to a dinner, holding a contest to see who has found the biggest moron. The ...
Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Time Magazine

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Mentions the book in a post about how not to save money .
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Monday, July 26, 2010

Lifehacker jumps in

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Lifehacker picked up on the medical bill slashing story in the Times. So, ahem, did the Consumerist .
Sunday, July 25, 2010

The New York Times blogs my book

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I hassled them for months and months and months about this and my badgering has finally paid off . Now I'm looking at you, Newsweek and ...
Thursday, July 22, 2010

Movie review: Salt

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This is posted at OK . I’m fairly certain Salt is not a fictional drama, but instead an insider documentary on the secret life of Angelina J...
Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Review: Inception

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This is posted at OK . We've all seen these opaque, befuddling Inception trailers for months now, and everyone knew it would be mind-blo...
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Monday, July 12, 2010

Best Video Games Of The Year So Far

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1. Tecmo Bowl Throwback 2. Red Dead Redemption 3. Heavy Rain 4. Picross 3D 5. God of War III 6. Alan Wake 7. Super Mario Galaxy 2 8. Bayonet...
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Thursday, July 08, 2010

Review: Despicable Me

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This is also posted at OK Magazine . “Despicable” is too harsh an evaluation for the animated 3D kid magnet du jour. I’d go with “Bland Me” ...
Wednesday, July 07, 2010

Little Known Fact

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Before 1997, wide theater screens did not exist. You may think you remember seeing them before that point, but that's because you're...
Tuesday, July 06, 2010

Luke's Jim Crow Laws

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Discrimination in Arizona isn't limited to HB1070. Luke (3) has tried to restrict access to the backyard playhouse to Emma (1) because o...
Monday, June 28, 2010

I Call Offsides On Soccer Offsides

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Mexico, I have no pity for you that Argentina scored against you on a goal despite the shooter being offside. When you pull that goal zone t...
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Thursday, June 24, 2010

Review: Grown Ups

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I missed my high school reunion, but Grown Ups is exactly how I pictured it would have been: You see a bunch of people you used to get along...
Saturday, June 19, 2010

Review: Toy Story 3

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This review is posted over at OK Magazine : To me the most commanding sign of the power of this great and beautiful film is the way it manag...
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Frugal Festival

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My book made it in to the goody bags given away at the Frugal Festival. Check out the evidence here and here .
Thursday, June 10, 2010

Girl With the Red Balloon

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She reviews my book and gives it away here .

Karma Doesn't Exist

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Well, maybe it does in some sort of afterlife way, but I don't believe in on-earth karma though -- as in, you do something good and get ...
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Wednesday, June 09, 2010

Top 10 Things That Will Suck About Missing E3

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10. Not getting to see and talk to people whose stuff I read every day the one time of the year it's possible to do so. 9. Not getting t...
Tuesday, June 08, 2010

Ass Backwards

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Every day is the same. You wake up, shave, go for a run, eat your Peanut Butter Toast Crunch, take your shower, head into the office, zone o...
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Monday, June 07, 2010

Review: The Karate Kid

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This is posted at OKmagazine.com . The fact that this movie exists infuriates me. The fact that it's good makes my head explode in anger...
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Thursday, June 03, 2010

Sports Illustrated

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Quoted me in this NFL Network story .
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