The new Pretzel M&M's take center stage as once again "We Try it So You Don't Have To." With the promise of added saltiness and a complementary crunch, where could this candy go wrong? Well, let me tell you . . .
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The new Pretzel M&M's take center stage as once again "We Try it So You Don't Have To." With the promise of added saltiness and a complementary crunch, where could this candy go wrong? Well, let me tell you . . .
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Day 2 at the Landmark Forum: the instructor asked if I was getting anything out of the class. It couldn’t have been more awkward as I tried to tell her nicely that the whole thing seemed like horseshit. But then Groupthink began to settle in, and with it some truly dramatic events.
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Hell on Earth, or something very like it. It's been two-dozen episodes -- time for a splash page!
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Americans are increasingly coming around to a frugal way of thinking when it comes to drinking. Alcohol dollars spent outside the home are down, and home consumption is up. Let's celebrate this rather 'spiritual' zeitgeist.
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The Renaissance Faire can be odd and wonderful and welcoming and encompassing all at once. You can experience its history and more through an extremely charming documentary called 'Faire: An American Renaissance.' Producer/director Doug Jacobson was kind enough talk with us about the film.
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Neil Brideau produces several interesting comic projects, but what really caught my eye was the long-running Web strip, Sock-Monster. (www.sock-monster.com)
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Not even Peeps can save you now! It's Apocalypse Meh!
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Christopher Nolan's 'Inception' had such promise based on the trailer. But in this dreamscape-laden film, where realities are nested like Russian babushka dolls, perhaps that promise is not quite fulfilled.
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So . . . what happens at the three-day Landmark Forum? How about two days of chipping away at your personal identity, in preparation for it to be replaced on day three?
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Eugene Ahn, a.k.a. Adam WarRock, describes himself (or at least his lyric-spittin', mad-rhyming alter ego) as a "geek emcee." It may be accurate, but it by no means encompasses the many aspects of the 29-year-old Metro Washington, D.C. resident.
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I Become a Better Citizen: Several Days in Yosemite’s Backcountry, Part V -- Boots Off