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February 2010

I met up with my friend McKenzie Davis, a fellow writer, recently at KGB Bar in New York.  McKenzie is a voracious discusser of all things—most ridiculously, when we both lived in Boston, we once spent the better part of a half-hour hashing out the fundamental qualities that must be in place for food to ...

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Why is Robert Pattinson so loved and lusted after? With his new movie Remember Me being released soon, I have been seeing his face everywhere. Although the publicity for this movie is not as abundant and aggressive as that for his previous film, The Twilight Saga: New Moon, I still feel as though Robert Pattinson ...

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Another Friday, another zombie movie. The zombie genre was created was essentially created by George Romero's 1968 film Night of the Living Dead. Since then, the zombie genre has come in and out of popularity, with the 2000s being a popular period. Everyone wants to make a zombie movie and everyone wants to watch a ...

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I'm afraid of YouTube. I never venture too far within its confines. The reason is inevitably I come upon something truly discomforting. Things that normal people living in a normal society would try to keep hidden. Like why does every obese person in the world think dancing on YouTube is a great idea? I ...

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Black Beard on Writer’s Block

February 23, 2010

Perhaps you noticed last week that I posted only one column in this space, rather than my usual two.  This was because I was struck with a bout of writer’s block when I woke up Thursday, which put a stop to everything.  Yes, I was frustrated, but at the same time I am entirely fascinated [...]

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Academy Award Nominated Animated Shorts: The Lady and The Reaper

February 22, 2010
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Black Beard Abuses His Forum by Complaining About the Subway

February 17, 2010

Yes, I admit that what follows is nothing more than a public venting of my frustration with the New York City subway system and has no bearing or connection to art or literature.  That being said, I’ll justify writing this post by claiming that my grievance with the MTA is due to the adverse effect [...]

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2010 Academy Award Nominated Short: French Roast

February 17, 2010
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