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Dear So You Think You Can Dance producers: get on this, please. Thanks, Ciara. 1) The Joy Formidable - "Whirring" It's easy to imagine a group piece to this, with plenty of leaps and lifts during the chorus. 2) Rodrigo y Gabriela - "Hanuman" In a perfect world, we'd get a tap-Latin combo number for …
The Fisherman and I have embarked upon our own inter-marriage Biggest Loser Challenge. The person who's lost the most of their body weight by percentage at the end of August wins, and not just bragging rights, either. We're playing for the right to attend the regular season NFL game of our choice (assuming there still …
Recent events have made the world feel, to me, like an uncontrollable, deeply and irreparably flawed place. This song doesn't make me feel better, per se, but it does make me feel better equipped for it. Featured photo by icedsoul photography
"I thought of something I learned from reading Crazy Horse: The Strange Man of the Oglalas by Mari Sandoz. Crazy Horse believes that he will be victorious in battle, but if he stops to take spoils from the battlefield, he will be defeated. He tattoos lightning bolts on the ears of his horses so the …
This is not, as I first assumed, an Irish tribute to Flight of the Conchords. This is Luka Bloom, and you guys, he needs love.
In my head, the Dream Bracket of Idealism has reached levels of excitement that I'd previously associated only with Lady Gaga concerts and Obama circa 2008. We are winning, people. And not in the Charlie Sheen way. Thanks to BYU and Wisconsin (and with an assist from Marquette, who I didn't pick but who knocked Joe's …
...or, at least, it didn't fail! The fisherman and I are tied at 21 points after round two. Of course, that's partly because Joe didn't choose a team in the UCLA v. Michigan State game. Still, I can only assume this means that God is on my side. In the fight for idealism, crucial Round …
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Every year, my husband and his family get together just before March Madness to pick their teams to win. This year they did it via conference call, and I happened to be there while it took place. I know nothing about college basketball; honestly, I barely recognized some of the names of the schools. And …
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I've moved all things Death Race-related over here; the impulse had begun to take up so much space in my head that I thought perhaps it deserved its own space online, too. Normal stuff like published stories and pictures of cats will resume momentarily.
Yeah, I'm calling it. I was going to try to squeeze Winter's Bone in after my SoBeWFF event this afternoon, but after three days immersed in food and drink awesomeness, I'd just be thinking about, like, infusing vodka with habaneros or something. I watched Tangled and a couple short animated films a few days ago; you don't want …
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