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Swiffer Swiffer: it’s a stick, much like a broomstick, except at the business end, where you’d expect to see a broom or mop or something with pincers, there’s just this empty non-thing that doesn’t do anything until you wrap it with...

Boneless Spare Ribs Now, I’m no doctor, but I've played enough rounds of Operation to know that ribs are bones. Boneless spare ribs, therefore, suggest a paradox of cosmic proportions. Can you have boneless femurs? No. Boneless tibias? I think not. Meatless pork?...

Buffy's and Dawson's Farewells Well, I tell you I had a hectic week: spent some days traveling, some working very late, and others drinking myself into a stupor. At some point, it occurred to me that I'd missed the series finale of "Dawson's Creek."...

Ari and Aaron Exit Stage Right Well, it looks like it’s the week for Jews in the media whose name starts with “Ar” or “Aar” to leave the White House or, at least, a recreation of the White House on a Warner Bros. studio lot. Frankly,...

The Matrix Reloaded Well, The Matrix Reloaded has finally arrived, and gosh durn it, it did not disappoint. You couldn't ask for more breathtaking eye candy--truly inimitable, groundbreaking special effects, the stuff that really gets your blood pumping, your heart pounding, your sweat...