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Oct
24
Episodes: The four best months of the year

Episodes: The four best months of the year

Let's just admit it: Summer is hugely overrated. Spring is just fine. I can enjoy a nice, crisp
5 min read
Oct
23
Episodes: Whatever happened to Mary Richards?

Episodes: Whatever happened to Mary Richards?

When I was a kid, the de facto "best TV show of all time" was The Mary Tyler
4 min read
Oct
22
Episodes: Why don't American TV critics talk about foreign TV more?

Episodes: Why don't American TV critics talk about foreign TV more?

Of all the questions people ask of American TV critics, there's one that's become harder and
4 min read
Oct
21
Episodes: Libby's kitchen

Episodes: Libby's kitchen

One of the delights of moving (if moving can be said to have delights) is the part where you find
3 min read
Oct
20
Episodes: The scariest computer game I've ever played

Episodes: The scariest computer game I've ever played

You wouldn't know it to look at me now, but I was a bit of a nerd in
5 min read
Oct
17
Episodes: Structure vs. content (or, why I get into 99 percent of the Twitter fights I get into)

Episodes: Structure vs. content (or, why I get into 99 percent of the Twitter fights I get into)

Today, I got exasperated with people on Twitter, and it all boiled down to the same thing it always does:
4 min read
Oct
16
Episodes: Why is baseball so much better on the radio?

Episodes: Why is baseball so much better on the radio?

Somehow, the last several Octobers have involved a lot of car travel for me, which has meant lots of listening
4 min read
Oct
15
Episodes: 2 bed, 1 bath

Episodes: 2 bed, 1 bath

The night we moved into the apartment on Bonito, we were already running behind. I was to leave the next
4 min read
Oct
14
Episodes: Movies that feel like Halloween

Episodes: Movies that feel like Halloween

Guillermo del Toro's Crimson Peak, which comes out on Friday, is a perfect Halloween movie. (You can look
2 min read
Oct
13
Episodes: The piece of writing I'm most embarrassed by

Episodes: The piece of writing I'm most embarrassed by

Over the weekend, I took in the film Sleeping With Other People, mostly because I needed the air conditioning. (Los
3 min read