Month: October 2012
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What’s Your Deepest Fear?
Out with it. What’s your deepest, darkest fear? Turns out, I have quite a few. Here’s my top ten: Given a life sentence in a prison populated by mimes and clowns. Rosie O’Donnell runs for president in 2016. She takes Sarah Palin as VP in a surprise move. They call it the She Party, win…
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What I Learned About Italians from 10 Days in Naples
Their local motto is, “If you can drive in Napoli, you can drive in Hell.” At the outdoor cafés, pigeons are smarter than waiters. The pizza really is 10 times better. Pulcinella is either good luck, bad luck, an evil clown or a sex god, depending on whom you ask. Napoli is full of budding…
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What I Learned from Movies, XV: Cop-Out Answers
One thing I really hate? Unacceptable answers to cover a weak plot or to justify why a character can do a certain thing. The second and third Matrix movies are notorious for covering plot gaps with lines that at first listen sound like they could be deep—then you remember that these are movies with Keanu…
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