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    Make it Sew: The Hard Stuff

    Congratulations, cadets. You’ve survived your first lesson in geek crafting. Last week we learned what we need to get started (a good stitchable fabric like a cotton tea towel, embroidery floss—good old DMC is the best for beginners, and an iron-on pattern like those from...

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    New York Comic Con Newbie: Was it worth the time and pain?

    Weeks, upon weeks passed as I waited for the con to come. I checked the website every day to see what talent was coming. I squeed like a teenage fan when I would see faces that I recognized, of people I knew, and people I...

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    New Summer Sci-Fi Series Preview: Falling Skies

    I honestly think Falling Skies is worth a summer viewing. It makes several beginning writter mistakes, and seeing as how Executive Producer Steven Spielberg

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    TWTW: Jim Carrey

    Last week’s installment of The Way They Were, featuring Cameron Diaz, really started me thinking of her cartoonish co-star from The Mask. Jim Carrey’s filmography contains more than its share of pop culture benchmarks. His catch-phrases, references and geeklore-ish dramatic choices all combine to form...

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    TWTW: Cameron Diaz

    This week’s installment of The Way They Were features a woman whose stunning, athletic beauty puts her (deservedly so) on many lists of the sexiest and most beautiful actresses worldwide. However, beneath that taut, attractive shell is a comedienne and an actor who is willing...

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    Community’s Dani Pudi Talks Abed’s Uncontrollable Christmas

    Tomorrow night’s episode of Community promises to be extra special mostly cause it’s gonna use the same technology from the very best Christmas specials, good old claymation. Rather than try and describe an episode I haven’t seen yet, I’ll let Dani Pudi set it up:...

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    A Q&A With Fringe Guest Star Andre Royo

    [Spoilers] I’m yet to see tonight’s Fringe, which unfortunately means I can’t expand much on our plot teaser. When a serial kidnapper “over there” strikes again, the emotional and familiar case hits home for Colonel Broyles, sending a determined Olivia to uncover additional details about...

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    [Summer Reading] ‘Scavenger’ by David Morrell

    Scavenger is recommended for light but action filled reading that will make your time in the sun pass in fast forward. Be sure to rub in plenty of sunscreen!

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    [Craziness] Mr. & Mrs. Incredible

    I guess the proper tag would be [Trailer] but, well, this is more crazy than trailer. There is a new Chinese superhero movie on the way called Mr. & Mrs. Incredible. It seems to be taking a page out of the Stephen Chow action adventure...

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    Books You Really Should Have Read By Now — “The Crying Of Lot 49″

    Have you seen this man? In the world of reclusive authors, there’s Thomas Pynchon, and then there’s everyone else. I’d wanted to attempt a Pynchon novel for quite some time, as I’d heard they were “surreal,” “trippy,” “difficult,” and other “adjectives.” Still, it was never...

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