Egon & Dönci A 2007 Hungarian animated(?) film, Egon & Dönci wisely neglects to say whether it’s a children’s film. Egon (who bears a striking resemblance to a young Bob Elliot) is apparently some sort of alien explorer while Dönci (a chilling mirror-image of Funzo), his…cat? Makes life (?) miserable for Egon…and anyone who...
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Some may call me a little behind the times. I’ve never been exactly what one would consider “cutting edge”. I have racked my brain for the past months, attempting to come up with an inventive way for Tony Hayward, C.E.O. of B.P., to fix the oil that gushes into the Gulf of Mexico at...
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So there you are, mowing the lawn, minding your own business, and then it happens: the very next step you take doesn’t feel quite right. It feels almost as if you’ve slid forward somehow. Like your foot hasn’t quite made solid contact with the ground. Like something is wrong. Your brain, in a desperate...
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*If they ever want to get laid again. After ignoring the last few seasons of the voyeuristic train-wreck of a show called The Bachelorette/Bachelor for some reason I have been sucked into the latest cycle of The Bachelorette. I have made a habit of pouring a glass of wine, folding laundry, and watching Ali...
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Marshmallow Mateys have an extra special surprise in the box My kids are addicted to lucky charms, so I buy their generic cohort , “Marshmallow Mateys.” They eat them every morning (before the sugar police assault me, I combine it with another healthy cereal). This morning my eldest innocently asked “mommy, what is this...
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