By Jeff on Jun 17, 2010 in Daily Distractions | 0 Comments

I’m a vegetarian, I don’t cook, I know very little about food (I do know where to put it though), and I wouldn’t eat 85% of the dishes made on Top Chef (spoiler: everything this season is made with moose bacon, even the desserts). Still, I love the show. The only thing I enjoy more [...]
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By SM Shrake on Nov 12, 2009 in SM Shrake | 14 Comments

Stand-up and stand-up backlash are such old news now. I’m not gonna get into it. The debate happened, and like acid rain, the Heenes, what to do about nuclear waste, and other controversies, it faded away while you weren’t looking. Accept it: Stand-up is here to stay. It will never sit down.
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By Jeff on May 11, 2009 in Daily Distractions, Photography | 0 Comments

The Ultimate Washington Insider got past security once again (with a hypnotizing pocket watch) and hobnobbed with an odd bunch of major and minor celebs and a gaggle of ugly old politicians and talking heads at The White House Correspondents’ Dinner (The snarks call it “Nerd Prom”). And yes, of course, Ricky Schroeder and the [...]
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By SM Shrake on Mar 22, 2009 in Feature, SM Shrake | 14 Comments

As the Depression solidifies into Armageddon, we’re all going to have to get more comfortable with committing a lot more crime. The average Joe of the near future is going to make Mad Max look like Paul Lynde.
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By SM Shrake on Dec 4, 2008 in Feature, SM Shrake | 12 Comments

Oh-hey-look I’m writing about Facebook again. Instead of getting rich off a similar pyramid scheme, or “marketing myself” off-Facebook, where it count$, I’m sitting around in the dingy Facebook Fascination bathwater we all seem to be wrinkling up in. Neverandnonetheless, I started a group late last month on The ’Book (as I call it), called [...]
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