Criticism-in-finity!
Posted in Reviews on Feb 29th, 2012
All you need is nostalgia for games no one ever actually played. All you need is a night late enough and an empty bottle. Finish what you’re drinking, hold the bottle in the air. All you need is a hardwood floor. All you need are friends who will sit in a circle. All you need [...]
Posted in Reviews on Feb 22nd, 2012
O pizza, girl, you are so fine! O pizza, even though you are nutritionally deficient, I would eat you constantly if I could! Ooh pizza, when eating you I like to talk about eating you! O pizza, O, O you were one of the reasons I had to leave the Upper Midwest, where the best [...]
Posted in Reviews on Feb 15th, 2012
Editor’s Note: Last night, at an exclusive party in San Francisco, the celebrated anonymous advice columnist of “Dear Sugar” finally revealed her identity: Cheryl Strayed! To help mark the event, we asked two of our regular contributors to write for the occasion. Today, we are very pleased to present the second installment: & somewhere [...]
Posted in Reviews on Feb 14th, 2012
Editor’s Note: Tonight the celebrated anonymous advice columnist of “Dear Sugar” will finally reveal her identity at an exclusive party in San Francisco. To help mark the unveiling, we asked two of our regular contributors to write for the occasion. Today, we are very pleased to present the first installment: You think of [...]
Posted in Reviews on Sep 21st, 2011
While Americans might waste time waxing nostalgic for a declining age (visions of mom-and-apple-pie and the inflated egotism of our car industry), I would like to point out something that is truly representative of our nation’s greatness. Although the history of macaroni and cheese does not begin in the United States, I’ll be a patriot [...]
Posted in Reviews on Sep 15th, 2011
Joseph Donnell can no longer update his facebook status, and unless someone living accesses his password or facebook changes its policy, he’s forever stuck with this: “Joseph Donnell: Knee Replacement, 5 day hospital stay … Rehab … 30 days in rehab and therapy facility … going home today, PRICELESS!!!!!!!” In a literary sense, the narrative [...]
Posted in Reviews on Sep 12th, 2011
Cars, of all things, know when their time is up. They try to break the news gently. First, an oil leak. Then, a rattle that wasn’t there before. Then a radiator. A heater coil. A head gasket. They strand us on the side of the road, hoping that perhaps we will simply walk away. Perhaps [...]
Posted in Reviews on Sep 7th, 2011
“Brewing is a nature-based hobby that restores a measure of humanity and perspective to the art of living” – Sam Caliagione, Founder of Dogfishhead Brewery Brewing a batch of beer in one’s backyard is like a breath of clean, fresh air. The process cannot be rushed. It unfolds in its own time. It always makes [...]
Posted in Reviews on Sep 1st, 2011
Watching golf on television, preferably on a Sunday afternoon, is a divine daydream. It’s often mocked as a simple spectator sport, but mockers don’t delve into its gentle undulations, nor do they turn the spectacle down to a moderate, almost whispery volume. If they did, they would understand its glory. First, it’s a perfect excuse [...]
Posted in Reviews on Aug 29th, 2011
Anyone who’s talked to me this summer knows about my bowling team, “The Creepers.” For novices, “creeper” is the term for a slow moving ball. A bowling ball rolling very slowly down an alley. I’m being literal here, talking about the sport of bowling. Wanting to be modest about our abilities (our bowling abilities), my [...]