What The Hell’s A Sugar Plum, Anyway? (This ghost of Christmas past originally posted Dec. 15, 2008) Merriam-Webster says the term dates to 1626 to describe "a small candy in [...] Laura Marrich \ Dec 18, 2008 Read More (David Sawyer, courtesy of Saveur)
The Great Blizzard Of December 2008 The snows are not predicted to let up until Thursday, three days from now. At this rate we are all surely in for [...] Jessica Cassyle Carr \ Dec 18, 2008 Read More A blizzard-swept Weekly Alibi. Much like the Donner party, some employees may turn to cannibalism if the storm doesn’t soon relent. (JCC)
Dance-Along Nutcracker There are many versions of the holiday classic a dear friend of mine happily refers to as “The Nutbreaker.”I’d never heard of this [...] Marisa Demarco \ Dec 18, 2008 Read More
The Daily Word 12.11.08 Monday was the 28 th anniversary of John Lennon’s death. Still sucks. Atari’s making a comeback. Or planning one, anyway.Austrian actor slits throat [...] Erin Adair-Hodges \ Dec 18, 2008 Read More
Christmas Greetings From Zombie Britney Holy baby Jesus, these weird attempts to appear “normal” only make that lady look more insane. Richard Akins \ Dec 18, 2008 Read More
X-Mas At Grampy's House X-Mas At Grampy's House I challenge you to find a better Christmas cartoon. Richard Akins \ Dec 18, 2008 Read More
Sports Minute Where Have All the Coaches Gone? The NBA season is less than a third of the way through, and already 20 percent of [...] Simon McCormack \ Dec 18, 2008 Read More N.B.A coaches fired this season, clockwise from top left: Maurice Cheeks, Eddie Jordan, P.J Carlesimo, Sam Mitchell, Randy Wittman and Reggie Theus. (New York Times)
Local Blogosphere Roundup 12.08.08 Spring from Duke City Fix went to Ezra’s Place and had some purple drank. And two desserts, and half a chicken, and a [...] Jessica Cassyle Carr \ Dec 11, 2008 Read More Thumbs up Bill Richardson.
Dan! Steve Coogan As Alan Partridge Steve Coogan is the best! Simon McCormack \ Dec 11, 2008 Read More
Gingerbread Fever The Indian Pueblo Cultural Center is making a large-scale recreation of itself out of gingerbread. It looks and smells amazing. There are also [...] Richard Akins \ Dec 11, 2008 Read More I stole this from the Internet.
