Burlesque: nerdier than you would think

I joined a burlesque troupe here in Madison, Wisconsin, this spring, called Foxy Veronica’s Peach Pies. My burlesque name is Daisy Chains; I picked it because I wanted to have a first name I could use on its own, independently of the last name. And it’s pretty cute. I’ve developed a persona to go with [...]

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Where’s Waldo? He’s Always In Your Heart. Also on your iPad.

I’m pretty sure this is the exact sentence that came out of my mouth while I was browsing the Apple App store the other day: “I really don’t need any more games for the iPad…ohmygod they have one with Waldo!” Did I download it? Considering I have an excess of credit from a recent birthday [...]

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MDP Presents: Bucaneer Movie Reviews – Win Win (2011)

Win Win Directed by Tom McCarthy Starring Paul Giamatti, Alex Shaffer, Burt Young, Amy Ryan, Jeffrey Tambor, and Bobby Cannavale Release Date: March 18, 2011 For me personally, comedy movies are a slippery slope and I usually end up either not seeing them or not really enjoying them that much. I think this is probably [...]

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Mortal Kombat: A MK Fan-boy’s Bloody Dream Come True

Fresh off the heels of Street Fighter simultaneously revamping their series but adding an old school throwback of game play with new age graphics and technology, Mortal Kombat released its first release for the next gen systems (by which I mean worth talking about, because Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe was a disgrace).  The developers [...]

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Pearl Point: a novel I wrote in 4th grade

I wanted to be a writer when I was little. (I still sort of do.) I wrote constantly in third and fourth grade, and when my family went on vacation, I saw that as more time for me to write. Between 1993 and 1995 (I should have written the date down, but I was about [...]

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