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Escapism is underrated. Sure, it’s great to learn more about derivatives, how to play the cymbals, moonwalk, or, hey, read ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs (wouldn’t that be awesome though? and useful!), but during those few minutes of downtime between the day trading seminar, the spelunking class and your Middle Egyptian textbook, isn’t escapism the sane thing to do?
Hopefully I’ll be able to help you out with that. I’m going to try to provide lots of escapist pop culture recommendations - and since it drives me crazy when people recommend stuff but don’t tell you where to get it, I’ll always try to provide some sort of guideline on how to go about finding it, watching or reading it, and, if you’re interested, purchasing it.
Happy unwrapping!
That’ll put marzipan in your pie plate, bingo!
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What line of work you in, Bob?
- Ryan the Temp to "Bob Vance, Vance Refrigeration" at The Office's Christmas party
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What is it with accessories and DVD sets these days? Are knick knack companies going through some rough times? Or are studios just really desperate to sell DVDs? (Probably the latter.) First there was A Christmas Story (Ultimate Collector's Edition), with its cookie cutters, recipe book, apron, commemorative Christmas tin... (Whoa, I know.)
And now there's The Notebook (Limited Edition Gift Set), which comes with a scrapbook album (with stickers!), notecards, envelopes, and "themed" bookmarks. But... wait for it... no new DVD extras or features! So totally worth it. Check out Entertainment Weekly for the lackluster DVD set review (a grade of D - harsh). Or, even better, Amazon's video montage of the contents, set to the soothing, Jane Austen movie-esque sounds of The Notebook's theme music. Hey, they know their audience.
