I’m On To You, “Scientists”

So a new study has revealed that frequent masturbation among twenty and thirty-somethings can lead to cancer. At first I was terrified…but then I figured it out. And all I have to say is…
Very clever, Mom and Dad.
Over my pre-teen and teenage years, you told me so many lies. That it would make me go [...]

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Brooklyn Skeptic’s Coverage of the 2009 Presidential Inauguration

My parents Tivo-ed absolutely every piece of Inauguration week coverage they could find. HBO’s coverage of the concert, CNN’s coverage of the Inauguration ceremony, MSNBC’s coverage of the parade, and of course FOX News’ coverage of small babies crying and the sky opening up to welcome the impending apocalypse. Well guess what? Here’s some Brooklyn Skeptic inauguration coverage!!!
So I [...]

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A Brook[lyn] Win

A first (and late on opening night) look at Brook-vin, the new wine bar by the crew of one of South Slope’s top wine stores, Big Nose Full Body, was a groovy experience. Reasonable prices, excellent wine selection, a tempting list of small plates, and thank god, some good tunes (in the form of PJ [...]

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Oscar Update: Special Dame Dench Edition

The Oscar Nominations were announced yesterday. As per usual, there were few surprises. Among them:

The Dark Knight and Wall-E were not nominated for best picture. Everyone has been talking about this being the year of the blockbuster (and by everyone, I mean my mother and I while I was home for the weekend). Both films, [...]

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Love is a chemical. Thank God we figured that one out.

Nature magazine has recently been doing’ some Doin’ it research on the vole- one of the few other mammals that mate for life, or until they get a di-Vole-ce*.  They have been testing oxytocin, a hormone that is partially responsible for those warm fuzzy feelings that makes a mom like her kid, and for those [...]

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A Few Quick Things On Last Night’s Golden Globes

I taped last night’s Golden Globes so that I could forward through most of the shit. And there was a lot of shit. Here are some stray things that I noticed:

Anna Paquin won Best Actress in a Drama for the HBO show True Blood. If all you need to do to win a Golden Globe [...]

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Michael Showalter at Tearing the Veil of Maya: Reactions

Last Night, Brooklyn Skeptics ChezJJP, johnbaptisedme, pizappas, Plainclosthesman, and bearclaws went to the weekly Sunday comedy show Tearing the Veil of Maya, at Union Hall.  This week it was emceed by Eugene Mirman (always hilarious),  and featured Jamie Lee (pretty funny), DC Benny (just fucking awful), Pete Holmes (so funny I almost shot a snot rocket at the person [...]

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The Ten Best Films I Saw In 2008

    
1. Synecdoche, New York – Although I saw this months ago, random scenes still pop into my head like I’m trying to piece together a fever-dream from the night before. Charlie Kaufman has yet again outdone himself, this time taking over as director as well. While more somber than anything Kaufman has put out [...]

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