January 2011
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Food Fight!
At the vending machine on my floor at work today, I noticed a new variety of the KitKat brand of crisp wafers. KitKat Extra Crispy claims to have “Twice the Crisp!” Now, hold the phone, mister. Them’s fightin’ words. For I seem to recall a certain breakfast cereal with a very similar motto: With both […]
I Want to Replace Regis!
This morning, Regis Philbin announced that he’d be retiring from Live With Regis and Kelly at some point this year. For 28 years, he’s hosted a New York-based morning show, so this is truly the end of an era. I’m particularly saddened by the news. I watched in the very beginning, when Cyndy Garvey (ex-wife […]
Additional Additions
Shockwaves permeated the fabricated world of astrology yesterday, when the existence of Ophiuchus, a heretofore unknown, also-completely-made-up zodiac sign was announced. Panic ensued globally as people tried to cope with the new date ranges of the previously accepted 12 signs. Today, we’ve learned of the domino effect of this horoscope horror, impacting nearly all aspects […]
I Needed to Deliver a Package
After a day marked by anxiety which I couldn’t quite pinpoint as job-related or should-I-or-shouldn’t-I-make-a-mix-CD-for-a-girl-related, I was just happy to be home. Alas, my work was not yet done. I picked up a small package inside the vestibule of my apartment building. It was not for me or, for that matter, for any of the […]
I Needed to Exchange a Belt
If in a court of law I’m asked why I was in that neighborhood at that time on that day, I’ll stick with the belt-exchanging story. There’s truth to it, so it won’t set off the polygraph. But really, I was hoping against hope to get a glimpse of Anna. Now, I know, I know: […]
My Highly Subjective List of the Best Movies of 2010
The gifts are unwrapped, the champagne glasses are washed and put away for another year. The holidays are over and it’s time to return to normalcy, except…something is gnawing at you. Something is… missing. Ah, yes. Jack’s list of the top movies of the year gone by. This is the second time I’ve publicly shared […]
Jack Silbert, curator