Idiot Box: Boys Will Be Boys “Michael & Michael Have Issues” On Comedy Central For a couple of decades now, Michael Ian Black and Michael Showalter have been comedic collaborators in a variety of sketch comedy troupes [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Jul 09, 2009 Film
Week In Sloth The Week In Sloth “Big Brother” (KRQE-13 7 p.m.) It’s just not summer without another pointless season of “Big Brother.” “Eureka” (SyFy 7 p.m.) SyFy’s small-town-sheriff-polices-small-town-full-of-wacky-mad-scientists show [...] Alibi \ Jul 09, 2009 Film
The Reporter Who Escaped The Taliban Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times reporter David Rohde somehow survived more than six months of captivity under the Taliban. He escaped, along with [...] Christie Chisholm \ Jul 09, 2009 Blog “David Rohde of The Times was welcomed by colleagues on Wednesday after his escape from Afghanistan. He was joined by his wife, Kristen Mulvihill, right, and his translator Tahir Ludin.” (James Estrin/The New York Times)
Today Is Not The Fourth Of July But Tomorrow Is It’s almost the Fourth of July. You don’t actually want to read anything, do you? You’re just passing time until tomorrow, when you [...] Christie Chisholm \ Jul 09, 2009 Blog
Reel World 48 Hours And Counting Don’t be startled if you see an inordinate number of film crews racing around town this weekend. The 48 Hour Film Project returns [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Jul 09, 2009 Film
Why Is Sarah Palin Still Popular? I know the Presidential election happened eight months ago, but CBS ran a highly entertaining story about Gov. Sarah Palin clashing with senior [...] Simon McCormack \ Jul 09, 2009 Blog
Rowdy’s Dream Blog #105 Nick Brown Edition - Box Canyon The Alibi offices are in a box canyon with boulders and scrub brush. Chris Johnson has left me a stack of forms to [...] Nick Brown \ Jul 09, 2009 Blog
A Raccoon Story I just got back from Bob’s farm in Minnesota. I have lots of boring stories to share, and this will be the first.When [...] Nick Brown \ Jul 09, 2009 Blog Oh, to be washing some food in a cold brook.
The Daily Word 07.06.09 There’s a serial killer in South Carolina.Michael Jackson’s brain has been removed, and he will be buried without it. Meanwhile, his restless soul [...] Nick Brown \ Jul 09, 2009 Blog
The Corporate Co-Opt Of Local Will Chain Stores Kill Or Stimulate The Buy-Local Movement? HSBC, one of the biggest banks on the planet, has taken to calling itself "The world’s local bank." Winn-Dixie, a 500-outlet supermarket chain, [...] Stacy Mitchell \ Jul 09, 2009 Feature
