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We’ve had U-verse for a little more than a week. I’m the main media user in the house and I’m generally happy with the switch. We’re still adjusting to some of the differences, though, and I can’t say we adore everything about the system. Here’s a short review.
We love:
Access to free VOD. […]
We went to see The Incredible Hulk last night, thanks in part to $14 of movie certificates I received for buying a $50 Kmart gift certificate (that I spent on groceries the following week). We would have paid full price for this one, but the savings helped.
Thoughts and spoilers below the fold.
On Sunday, we rode our bikes down to the Main Art Theatre to see The Fall. It’s a self-indulgent, gorgeous, odd, charming film that has (unsurprisingly) received mixed reviews. I’m still not certain what to feel about it.
The plot: In a hospital circa 1915, an injured, suicidal stunt man befriends a young Romanian […]
We saw them on Friday night at the Royal Oak Music Theatre and they were awesome.
I’ve been a KITH fan from way back; I used to watch their show on CBC while I was in college and later on HBO. I’m kooky for absurdist humor (Flight of the Conchords, anyone?), and growing up near […]
On Sunday, we drove down to Dearborn to tour Henry Ford’s Fair Lane estate. Normal admission price is $10; we got in free thanks to a Museum Adventure Pass we picked up at the library. Fair Lane is now owned by the University of Michigan. How was it? My husband took […]
Twenty-five years ago, I would have given you a kidney — maybe both of them — for good tickets to see Duran Duran. I was given their Rio LP on my twelfth birthday and played it continuously until Seven and the Ragged Tiger replaced it on my turntable. My bedroom door was covered […]
I haven’t read Pollan’s previous book The Omnivore’s Dilemma, but having seen him interviewed, it struck me that he felt the need to apologize for not being vegan and justify his choice. I’m a proud and happy omnivore myself, so I began reading this book with a bias toward the content but against the author. […]
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